Angelina Wants A Bigger Brood
Boo-Hoo, Angelina Jolie can't take her kids to Disneyland but doesn't think twice about adding more to her gilded cage. Her adoption addiction has become quite the trend in Hollywood. Well truly speaking adopting non- white babies is 'the' trend in 'white' America. Now, don't go raising your red and blue hackles on me for speaking the truth.
The number of South- Asian or Far East kids that I had seen with Caucasian parents in malls had been kind of disconcerting. I had even happened to meet a nice South Asian gal who was brought up by Polish parents but knew nothing of her ancestral roots. She did feel out of sorts for not having explored her heritage.
In Australia during the sixties and seventies the kids of native aborigines were brought up by whites. While most thought they were doing those brown kids service by civilizing them yet it had immense negative repercussions on the psyche of those kids.
The intention of parents who adopt internationally is generally honorable and their desire to bring up kids as their own is sincere yet isn't it their duty to acquaint the little ones with their heritage?
And shouldn't there be a rule to stop celebrities from collecting kids the way we collect CDs or figurines?
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My little sister is Guyanese, brought up(adopted) by Tamil parents. She also experienced a disconnection from her heritage. My husband is Guyanese, and when we took her to family functions she spent hours pouring over old photo albums, asking questions about Guyana, and was fascinated by the patois she heard spoken.
She loved visiting with my inlaws and often asked after them, wanting to spend time.
You're very right when you say that children who are adopted out of their own birth culture thurst for knowledge of their birth culture, and feel some disconnect.
Posted by: radmila | December 14, 2006 08:00 AM
Great comment radmila - and the post, of course, made me think about people who just adopt to adopt. I think that's a fairly small number. There are easier ways to try and impress.
Posted by: Temple Stark | December 15, 2006 11:34 AM
Great comment radmila - and the post, of course, made me think about people who just adopt to adopt. I think that's a fairly small number. There are easier ways to try and impress.
Posted by: Temple Stark | December 15, 2006 11:52 AM
A few years back I was asked why our 'Indian' relatives who are American citizens had gone back to India to adopt and did not adopt American kids.
My reply was candid that they probably did not want to deal with the cultural implications which really speaking my opinion aren't unsurmountable hurdles.
Posted by: dee | December 15, 2006 01:16 PM