So ...... I heard that Paula Zahn and her guests raised quite a stir amongst prospective adoptive parents of Children from China. Comments from panelists included "Maybe they think they can adopt a smart kid that is going to grow up to be a doctor", 'Americans have this love affair with girls from China. There is this belief, this perception, irrational as it might be that if you adopt a little girl from China, she's going to be intelligent, she's going to be more lovable....... Like the porcelain doll. We definitely see that idea of the beautiful Chinese little girl, as compared to do, they really want to adopt a black boy.", & other remarks not included in the CNN transcript. Paula, You don't want to stir up a bunch of charged folks in the "Waiting Room". From the sounds of things out there in Blogland, folks are finding the remarks were racist and unfounded. Judging by the fallout, some comments to Miss Zahn and her henchmen at CNN might be appropriate. So, here's the link to the comment form.....
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Take a look at the link to the show's transcript ....... get ready for some hot e-mails, Paula......
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The comments in the text of this posting are from the transcript of the Paula Zahn piece as aired on CNN. Please read the item for the full text.......
2 comments:
Hey there! Interesting comments - some people don't think before they speak...
I found this article today. Seems interesting - http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070106/D8MFV6Q00.html
Deb
Wow, it's amazing how that panel of "experts" could turn something wonderful like the decision to adopt a child into a loving family, into some kind of devious act instead ... Were any of the people on the panel themselves adopted?? I was legally adopted by my stepmother (who I've always considered my Real Mom, since Day One) and I totally disagree with all of them ... Hey, maybe I'm more of an expert than they are, since I was the one who was legally adopted???
~Dawn
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