Furious Ferret

You want to see racism in all it’s ugly splendour?

Look no further than our own gubmint.

At a time when the whole world it seems is up in arms about a comment or two made in the heat of the moment by one uber precious, obscenely overpaid pig skin kicker to another, I saw this on the news last night and any festive spirit I had managed to amass was instantly drained. 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12514433

This is not a meeja hype thing, this is a true account from a prospective adopter and a quick google will confirm the horror.

There is a quota it seems for white people who want to adopt children in care who are of non-white ethnicity. Once that quota has been reached, it matters not a jot the applicants suitability to adopt nor the situation of the orphan. You will not be allowed to apply because you are white.

This is discrimination based solely on the colour of a persons skin, call me a bluff ol’ traditionalist, but that right there is racism pure and simple.

The first story in the article is infuriating enough, with the agency claiming all sorts of ridiculous reasons why a black child could not be raised by a white family. How to deal with the hair for example or being unaware of the child’s culture. Whether they can sustain his diet of plantains and chicken & rice. I can overlook it because looking at the age of the subject these disgraceful observations were made some time ago when attitudes were different.

The second however is the tale of a couple who desperately wanted children, had the means and the time to give a deprived infant in social care a stable and loving home and family in which to grow but were turned away purely because they were white. They will say that if they discriminate against white folk, we are the majority and it can not be racist, but that’s just bolleaux. This is ugly, institutionalised, stealth racism at its very worst and no amount of fancy terms and nonsense justification can possibly convince me otherwise.

I have to get this off my small furry chest because there is a real danger that it will spoil my Xmas if I don’t. Grrrrrrrrr!

13 thoughts on “Furious Ferret”

  3. Absolutely disgraceful. It’s not as if any ethnic community has a great record of adopting or fostering. Social workers – who needs ’em!

  5. In this country it is all the rage to adopt black kids, usually AIDS orphans. One mother I met at a party told me how she was driving home having collected her three girls from school. The older two girls, her own, were complaining how a friend had been left out of the hockey team because the quota for white children had been exceeded. The little black adopted girl asked what a quota was. It was explained that in order achieve racial equality across the board in South Africa, school teams had to ensure that there was fair representative of black children in each team even if there were better white players. The poor girl was most distressed. She asked whether she was in the Netball team because she was black rather than on merit. Her mum replied she was sure she was there because of her ability. But when I learned that that they called their adopted daughter Daisy and that her surname was Du Plessis, I could not help but think they had put her at a disadvantage. South African names do not come much whiter.

    Institutional racism is much, much worse in this country than it is in the UK.

  6. Furious Furry.

    Yes, it is appalling to hear such stories, but each local authority seems to interpret the guidelines in different ways, when all that should concern them is making sure the children in their case are placed with a loving family.

    The good news is, the policy is under review, so it shouldn’t happen. The adoption process is far too complex and takes years, even if you are considered suitable.

    Sheona.

    I’m not sure it is entirely the fault of social workers, there are some bad ones, I agree, but most are dedicated, frustrated by red tape, overloaded with cases and not well-paid.

  9. There’s no “stealth” about it, Furry, it’s as obvious as a Brazilian drag queen at a church picnic.
    It’s not much better in the USA, especially California where a poor, oppressed “minority” can attack
    whites with impunity knowing that it is considered “venting historical grievances” where as a white calling
    a bloody spade a spade is racism and requires corrective measures. It’s so twisted in the Bay Area that JM Coetzee would have a hard time writing about how bad it is.

  10. Well I expect the truth of the matter is that they have been saved a great deal of bother and heartache by the ‘racist’ policies.
    I have personal experience of this in the family, my brother in law adopted 5 mixed race kids in New York.
    They wrecked his house, stole, in and out of jail, had various illegitimate kids and ended up with death threats to him. He is the mildest man ever! His wife ended up having a heart attack and dying over it at 45!!!
    We ended up having to rescue him and removing him 2000 miles to an unknown address to put a stop to it, we still house him at our expense.
    I also have an adopted cousin, white who is a hysteric and continually cut her wrists all her early life. I’d like a fiver for every time I’ve been called to the hospital to bail her out! Complete nutter.

    The truth of the matter is that most unwanted children are frequently the product of poor genetic parents with disgusting morals and bad life styles. Anyone refused the right to adopt have had a lucky escape, whatever the colour of the child.
    So I really wouldn’t get your knickers in a twist over it.
    Why people have the idea that to possess children is a right is totally beyond me, they would do better to give to charities of have a few more dogs.
    Come to think of it we sterilise dogs, we should do the same on an involuntary basis to some of the more intemperate humans to stop the problem before it starts.

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