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Day: December 3, 2009

Race & racism

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by JaeRan
Posted on December 3, 2009

Something I've been thinking about since I wrote the post last night – I wrote:…

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I'm a fan of Star Trek and there are a lot of episodes throughout the different series that have parallels to adoption. I'm making my way through the Deep Space 9 series and just watched an episode where a Cardassian child is adopted by a Bajoran family. The Bajoran family has taught the child to hate his race. When asked how his Bajoran parents could hate Cardassians but love him, the boy replies that his parents hate -other- Cardassians, he is not like "them." This reminds me of all the transracial adoptees who are adopted by white parents who hold prejudicial and/or racist beliefs about people of color but see their child of color as an exception, as not like "them." For anyone interested, it's season 2: episode 5 Cardassians.

What are you doing today? I am watching Eyes On The Prize. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. - MLK Jr.

New blog post critiques the use of "forever family"

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