I saw a news piece today regarding a Sikh couple that were refused ability to adopt a British 'white' child because the couple are essentially not white. However they dressed it up that's still what it came down to. It must be said that this couple are also British - the only difference happens to be that they are brown.
Got me thinking. My brother was adopted - my father was white and my mother was not. I couldn't fathom him not being in my life/family and I don't think your skin colour is a good precursor to the sort of parent you will make so the decision to refuse the couple to adopt is beyond me.
That said, perhaps there is something to be said of adhering to certain values - perhaps if both adoptive parents are white and are therefore adopting a white child then there are less hurdles to jump over - i.e. questions to child why their parents are a different colour to them etc. I recall I got this a lot as a child as I'm mixed race and neither one of my parents 'looked' like me when I was being asked if my dad was really my dad or where my mum came from etc.
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VladmirsPoutine · 27/06/2017 21:09
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