In my post yesterday on the NYTimes article on the coming of age of Chinese adoptees, I quickly critiqued the article as a whole and had lots more to say on the idea of "abandonment" but was short on time (as I am currently attending a conference and need ot blog in the wee morning hours). Still, I accidentally overlooked a key quote by one of the adoptive mothers that is just egregious and terribly ignorant.
"With an African-American child we had no guarantee that the mother or a social worker wouldn't come and take the child away," McKenzie's mother, Maree Forbes, said. "With the children from China, we felt safe that there wouldn't be anyone to come back to get them."
I need to thank my fellow bloggers Made in Korea and Twice the Rice for pointing it out for me and setting the record straight. Please, please, please read their blog critiques.
Posted by richlee at March 24, 2006 08:18 AMThanks, Rich. I hope you still share your thoughts on the abandonment fallacy when you have more time to spare. I look forward to your insights.
Enjoy SF, and say hi to my friend Heather, former Minnesotan KAD and newlywed.
Posted by: Ji-in at March 25, 2006 03:15 AM