I swear every time I lose speed something comes along and perks me right back into the fight.
Came across this story today that broke me down to the ground.
So I’m sharing it here, in the hopes that you will share it with someone who will share it.
We gotta do better.
Both straight and gay adoptive parents are likely to exhibit racial and sex-based biases when applying to adopt a child, a new study finds.In the research, four economists analyzed detailed data from an online adoption facilitator that mediates between agencies dealing with birth mothers and adoptive parents. The data, collected from June 2004 and August 2009, cover more than 800 children up for adoption. (An ungated, earlier version of the paper is here.)The authors found that girls are consistently preferred to boys. For non-African-American babies, for example, the probability that a prospective adoptive parent expresses interest in such a baby is 11.5 percent if the baby is a girl and 7.9 percent if the baby is a boy.
Read the rest of the story here – Black Babies, Boys Less Likely to Be Adopted
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So sad, we gotta do better!!
One post at a time, Chelle, I hope I'm making some of the headway.
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