January 01, 2008
Chinese Couple Reunited with Daughter
Photograph from New York Times
I believe that I blogged about this news story a couple of years ago (and tried to find local resources to help) and am glad to say that it has been successfully resolved in the courts (finally!). The story involves a young Chinese girl who was placed temporarily in private foster care because her parents (who were international graduate students from China) could not afford to care for her at the time. When they were more settled and stable in their lives, they sought to regain custody, but the White couple who was caring for the child refused to relinquish the girl and wanted to adopt her. The ensuing legal case reeked of racism, White privilege, and cultural ignorance. Finally, the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled in favor of the girl's parents and she has been reunited with them. Read here for more info.