Is it racist for a couple to stop adoption proceedings if the baby born is black?
Posted April 16th, 2009 by admin 6 Comments »
ghostwriter asked:
Good friends of ours have a daughter who is unable to have children and her and her husband started applying to adoption agencies.
They specified that they wanted an infant who was white and from a drug-free and healthy birth mother and were approved.
They met the young pregnant girl and befriended her and became quite active in helping her both emotionally and financially through her pregnancy.
This young woman knew the couple’s requirements for adopting her baby and she swore that her baby’s father was a white man.
The adoptive parents prepared their home for the arrival of the baby and the family even threw her a shower.
They were very excited and overjoyed at finally being able to adopt a baby.
Our friends flew to Iowa to join their daughter and son-in-law in witnessing the birth of the baby, but the infant was black so they refused to take the baby and canceled the adoption.
They were heartbroken and have since given up on adoption.
Do you think they are racists?
Just curious.
Good friends of ours have a daughter who is unable to have children and her and her husband started applying to adoption agencies.
They specified that they wanted an infant who was white and from a drug-free and healthy birth mother and were approved.
They met the young pregnant girl and befriended her and became quite active in helping her both emotionally and financially through her pregnancy.
This young woman knew the couple’s requirements for adopting her baby and she swore that her baby’s father was a white man.
The adoptive parents prepared their home for the arrival of the baby and the family even threw her a shower.
They were very excited and overjoyed at finally being able to adopt a baby.
Our friends flew to Iowa to join their daughter and son-in-law in witnessing the birth of the baby, but the infant was black so they refused to take the baby and canceled the adoption.
They were heartbroken and have since given up on adoption.
Do you think they are racists?
Just curious.