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https://www.thecorkboardonline.com/2010/11/racism-and-adoption/ Sun, 22 Sep 2019 18:28:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 https://www.thecorkboardonline.com/2010/11/racism-and-adoption/#comment-670 Sun, 21 Nov 2010 22:27:51 +0000 http://www.thecorkums.com/?p=1885#comment-670 Ah I see now why you think I'm black… Cuz you think you're white! All my black friends think I act white, and all my white friends think I act black. I consider myself multi cultural. My korean friends think I need to embrace my korean side more and learn korean fluently and go back to my country. LOL I'm proud to be well rounded and unique. I don't wanna be like everyone else. I see where you're coming from… I dont look in the mirror to see an asian/korean girl. I just see me. I get racist comments about being Asian all the time, usually from white people. Then to top it off… being married to a black guy? Koreans look at us funny, black people look at us funny, white people try not to look… LOL I have so much to say about this topic. But point blank, people are ignorant and uneducated. People will always be somewhat racist.

]]> https://www.thecorkboardonline.com/2010/11/racism-and-adoption/#comment-669 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 23:08:56 +0000 http://www.thecorkums.com/?p=1885#comment-669 I love the word “celebrate” when it comes to teaching our children about diversity. God certainly created a rainbow of colors and cultures and I think it is something to be celebrated–not ignored or disliked. You're right, the key is that we love everyone the way God loves us. He looks at hearts, not skin color.

]]> https://www.thecorkboardonline.com/2010/11/racism-and-adoption/#comment-668 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 19:53:54 +0000 http://www.thecorkums.com/?p=1885#comment-668 Sounds like a conversation any parent should go to, irregardless of adoption or not. Great points.

I wonder sometimes how to handle with my own children the fact that I am polish and have in my own childhood (and adulthood) had the misfortune of dealing with racist comments and how best to prepare them for that same situation.

And I completely agree we are a race-conscious society. I wouldn't have it any other way. The world's cultures are all so different and beautiful in their own ways and should be celebrated. I personally see it as honoring past ancestors (even those forgotten from thousands of years ago) when you celebrate your culture. And since you never know if and when another culture or race was in your family history, you really shouldn't hate another race because you could just be hating yourself.

I've been thinking to explain it to my children that God made us each as a race specific to an area of the world and environment to best benefit from and cope with that environment and that now we intermingle because we as a species can and that appreciating ourselves is an act of showing respect for how God designed us and that we should act the same way with other races because otherwise we judge some of God's work to be flawed. And who are we to question it? What do you think?

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