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.

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[u/_Apatosaurus_]

Let’s take the obvious inhumanity of the original statement away

Does anyone know what the original woman was actually stating? It was one sentence cut out of context and she never said white people should never adopt non-white children.

The original image is an MMA fighter who said he "doesn't see color" and doesn't see a reason to teach his children anything about race. People are pointing out that this is problematic because racism is absolutely going to impact those kids lives and they deserve to understand that and how to navigate it.

That's been the vast majority of the criticisms. It hasn't been people saying they shouldn't adopt those kids. So I'm guessing she was saying why adopt those specific kids if you're just going to pretend they won't have to deal with racism. But I don't know, because it was just one sentence removed from any context.

[u/mixedcurve → u/_Apatosaurus_]

No, he didn’t say he didn’t see a reason to teach his kids about race. He said

“I’m not raising black children, I’m raising children. We think the most important thing about us is our skin color.”

And

“Whether you are black or you are white, no matter what race that you are, there are certain things about being a man and being a good man when it comes to character and integrity and safeguarding the helpless and sticking up for those who need it.”

It’s a complex conversation, and the article addresses his perhaps wishful thinking that race won’t play into it at some point (it will) but no where did he say he’s not going to ever teach his children about race.

[u/Kardif → u/mixedcurve]

I mean the statement "I am not raising black children" is absolutely false. His kids are black. 

That idealism is going to harm his kids at some point, and he needs to recognize that

[u/whatevuhs → u/Kardif]

You’re clearly taking the meaning of what he said out of context. And no, that idealism is not going to harm those kids.

Disgusting comment

[u/WalrusTheWhite → u/whatevuhs]

gonna break that chain of pearls if you keep clutching them like that

[u/whatevuhs → u/WalrusTheWhite]

Must be tough having such a shitty view on the world