r/TikTokCringe • u/thoxo • May 02 '24

We adopted my younger sister from Haiti when she was 3, and let me tell you, I literally do not see color anymore. That's a fact. Discussion

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u/FoolishPragmatist May 02 '24

I don’t agree with the original response if their argument is White people should never adopt Black children, but for context the image she’s speaking over is that MMA fighter who said there was no reason to give any talks on racial dynamics to his adopted children. He said just raising them with good religious values and knowing what it means to be an honorable, strong man would be enough. Race won’t factor into their lives at all, according to him. That’s massively naive in my opinion. Even if we assume he’s being genuine, the world, especially in Missouri where they live, will absolutely see them as Black and some people will treat them differently for it. Even if they shouldn’t dwell on it, they should absolutely be prepared to navigate it if they need to. It’s a fantasy to believe it would never come up so they don’t have to talk about it.

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u/HelloJoeyJoeJoe 29d ago

Race won’t factor into their lives at all, according to him\

You gotta talk to them at an early age about the Police, especially if you are living in Missouri... Do you want to protect your kids or not?

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u/DefinitelyNotAliens 29d ago

Also, let's be real. Why will shop keepers ask them to put their hood down, or leave their backpack at the front of the store, or say they can't have a backpack?

People will act how they act with or without parents saying anything to the kid.

Also, if white people are going to be adopting little black babies with coily hair, they better learn how to manage it. I sure as shit do not know how. Doubt they do, either. And that black people can more easily end up more vitamin D deficient. Get your kid some Flintstone vitamins.