Walking home from work, I saw a Caucasian woman with a child of mixed ethnicity. That's so common here, it happens on a daily basis. However, on this occasion, both the woman and the child smiled at me very warmly and - being male and unattached - it crossed my mind to imagine myself having a role in their little family (if the father was off the scene, of course).
Then it crossed my mind that we'd be two Caucasian people with a non-Caucasian child and I wondered what people would think of that. I know Hollywood stars do it but they'd do anything to get noticed. For me, when raising a family, you kind of don't want your child being noticed all the time.
Would it seem odd to you to see a white couple with a child of a different ethnicity?
Then it crossed my mind that we'd be two Caucasian people with a non-Caucasian child and I wondered what people would think of that. I know Hollywood stars do it but they'd do anything to get noticed. For me, when raising a family, you kind of don't want your child being noticed all the time.
Would it seem odd to you to see a white couple with a child of a different ethnicity?
Mostly.
Here I am! Inspect me! :D
But actually I replied because I haven't see a negative 7 thumbs down before. Wow even my I hate religion didn't go down that far. Don't tell me, you're religious? Because that would even make me contemplate giving you a thumbs down.
This is like some type of record hit counter.
How many active members are there? We might see -100 (or more!) that would make him the biggest loser!
See Necrocene, name calling is not nice when you're on the receiving end. No one likes a bully and 16 people agree, that's like a modern school class room. You would be wearing a dunce hat and sitting in the corner in school. Actually get back to school, you still need some learning boy
He'll probably end up getting teased himself though, with his personality.
Simpleton.
It's not uncommon and I usually don't think much of it at all. I know that adoption agencies are very stringent in their requirements here and even good, normal, white-bread middle class Mommy and Daddy families get turned away maybe for a criminal conviction 20 years ago or a smudge on their credit report and have no choice but to adopt from abroad. It really isn't anything new.
Why would anyone question this?
However I can just imagine what some idiots might say to a white couple with a mixed ethnic child.
"Hey whitey! Who'd you steal that chocolate baby from?"
"I guess the daddy ran out, huh?"
"So how much are they paying you to adopt a foreign child?"
Insensitive people piss me off. And even though they may not say these things, they're most likely thinking them.
...in South Africa around 1970, during the apartheid-period.
We will be worshipped like gods for our uniqueness and referred to as the 'originals'.
You know the famous stars hype about adopting has always seem strange to me. Like they are giving their bit to the poor and advertising it! Why don't they just have their own children? Because they want to skip the 0 to 4 yrs stage? How strange, they are missing out on being a real parent.
You don't need to look for a lady with a child already, unless you yourself do not want to go through that 'baby' stage? Single parents aren't off limits or anything, but if you fall in love with a single Mom, please note that the child ALSO requires some of that love and attention, it is expected.
Children are not a novelty item, like that looks like a fun idea for the moment. They are as real as you and me, except they haven't grown up yet. When they eventually do grow up, will they be telling good stories about you, or will they be seeing you in court?
A child deserves as much respect as an adult, just 'thinking' if it would be good or strange, as they don't look like you, seems cold and unloving to me.
what if it was a sun tan..haha
On second note, the comments on here are hilarious.