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Monday, August 12, 2002
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM.
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My brother's girlfriend, Rachel C. has something to do with the Florida Department of Children and Families. She noticed the following language in one of their brochures which has the headline on its cover: "Having a family should be more than a child's dream." It says:
Who are the children waiting for families?
Children waiting to be adopted are of all ages. They are in foster care and cannot return to their birth families because they:
• are survivors of abuse and neglect.
• have been abandoned.
• are members of sibling groups who need to remain together.
• are of racially mixed or black heritage.
• are physically, mentally, or emotionally challenged.
So, what's up with that fourth one? "Children are in foster care and cannot return to their birth families because they are of racially mixed or black heritage"? That is the government of Florida talking. That is my tax money being used to print this brochure. I really don't think they should be saying that, at least without some further explanation of what on earth they are talking about.
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