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Hello All,
Just recently legislation was passed in regards to adoptions in the state of Virginia. The legislation is about race. When the new law takes effect all birth certificates of children that are adopted will no longer have the “race” listed of their biological parents. Therefore, the children will “take on” the race designation of their adoptive parents. Sound familiar? I’m sure you all know that many years ago in Virginia & elsewhere, european families “took in” American Indian children, & then they were officially called “white”. History has a way of repeating itself, time & time again in Virginia. We take one step forward, & now this. I personally am outraged about this, I only wish I had known about it, prior to it’s passage.
I realize that race is just a label, but it’s appalling to think that a childs ancestry will be tossed aside & lost forever. Can you imagine the turmoil this will cause for the children in the future? Or the fact the he or she will never be able to know about genectic illnesses that may be in their family. As another piece of legislation is headed for the floor to be voted on, it makes it almost impossble for those that were adopted to get their records unsealed. As one House of Delegate member told me, “In a court of law, they better have a damned good reason, to get information on their biological parents!” “If not then they get nothing at all”. The good ole boy mentality of Virginia. š
Sincerely,
Coheeslady
This seems to be coming out of the blue. We adopted three children out of the system in NC about 4-5 years ago. What we experienced was a very stringent consciouscness of placing the kids in “racially correct” homes. In my youngest’s case, he could have been placed at birth, but it was delayed 9 months because the social worker wanted to confirm what his daddy was, since my son doesn’t look like his birth daddy’s race. Then a rush job was done in placing him when it was confirmed, and the adoption fell through in another 9 months when the marriage fell apart.
Maybe it’s a backlash. I’m also very surprised to hear about records being sealed tighter than ever. What I saw was a trend towards opening things up. I’ve been telling my kids they can look up their “old” families when they’re 18.
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