Connor Cruise and I have something in common. The 13-year old son of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, is a biracial adoptee. It's refreshing to see someone in the public eye (he has a moment in the new Will Smith film "Seven Pounds") who became family through the same circumstance as myself. It is a beautiful reminder that family is not formed only through bloodlines or racial homogeneity, but through the ultimate power of love.
The power of love is quite amazing. I wonder if mulatto or mixed kids are adopted more often than single race kids? And if so, why?
ReplyDeleteGREAT question!
ReplyDeleteI would say yes, but probably not as much as it was in the 60's or 70's, when I was adopted. Why? Because it is more socially acceptable to have a mixed race child, inter-racial relationship or be a single mother these days. However, social stigmas remain.
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