And get this, singer Wynonna Judd, is thinking about adopting a black child because of what her daughter said:
“I’d like a black sister or brother,”
Wynonna went on to say, “she’s around my singers, and most of them are black – and I say, ‘Be quiet and do your homework’. But I do think I may adopt.” [SOURCE]
AOL’s black voices, recently put up a piece about how black stars aren’t adopting black children, or getting involved in charity work, as much as white stars.
With the exception of Oprah, and a few other black stars, you don’t really here anything about them helping out the children of Africa. And many would argue, why should we help out another country, when our own isn’t doing so hot in the same area? There are millions of kids in America who need loving homes..
Whatever the case, I’m just interested in seeing how this whole thing pans out.
Jay is still on his Global Express World Tour, which is headed for Bangkok. He just spent several days in Africa, and he said it definitely opened his eyes.
“Incredible experience,” he said. “One I’ll never forget.”
He also had some advice for black Americans.
“The first thing I would say is you have to go home [to Africa], you have to go and understand what’s going on and embrace your people,” he said. “The second thing I would tell people is: You’re not from the ‘hood. Just stop saying that altogether. You have a wonderful life. You turn on the water, the water is there. You got AC, and you have AC in your car. You’re good. You’re not from the ‘hood. It’s mind-blowing. It just puts things in perspective when people say, ‘I had it rough coming up.’ ”
-See told you them Africans got it fucked up over there
they don’t adopt american black kids
1)its their choice ,a t least their giving a child a chanc (no matter what race the kid is)
2)black kids from other countries have it way worse than kids here.
3)why aren’t black celebs adopt afro american babies, too?
@181 ‘See told you them Africans got it fucked up over there ‘.
I had running water, I had AC in My car.I am AFRICAN, I was a refugee, born in a foreign country because my own was fighting for liberation. My mother was a fighter ( she was trained to fight), I have everything, because my parents fought for it, I received a good education, by African standards. We were not rich, neither were we corrupt, we just worked hard. Today, my mother and father raise money and clothing’( and whatever else they can) for AIDS orphans in my country. What has she taught me?, When you can help, then help even if its a little. I have no problem with people wanting to help in Africa, but please stop thinking that EVERYTHING IS SO FUCKED UP, coz it aint. There are places, yes thats true.
However, there are many Africans that do help on our Continent, these selfless people also do not get the recognition that Celebs do, but you know what? THAT DONT STOP THEM FROM HELPING EITHER!!!!!!!!!!!! So what if black celebs dont get recognation, not everything in the world shoud be about recognisition.
SIMONE you are clearly a dumb bitch and you epitomize ignorant because you fail to realize that YOU ARE THE POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK. You are telling ME to not voice my opinion because you disagree with the fact that I disagree with other people’s opinions. Can you keep up? Or do I have to draw you a simple picture? And my criticism was not that people should not have opinions you trite whore, but that their opinions were HYPOCRITICAL and not very-well thought out MUCH LIKE YOUR OWN.
FUCK YOU Forrest Gump (yes, you are THAT simple) — do the world a favor SIMONE, stay off of the computer and go back to playing with your dirty, smelly cat-trap!
I am most proud of this topic here on your site. It seems the closest discussion to an academic and social problem. Finally the blog goes deeper and I bet you had no idea what kind of discussion you created here.
It was absolutely beautiful hearing people vent about foster kids needing adoption and also seeing that people can see through the self-promotion antic going on with White people adopting.
We have bigger issues though in Africa with people needing to be on contraception when they can’t aford to even take care of themselves. Sex is a stress reliever and a chance for two souls to connect and exchange. That does not necessarily mean everyone should carry a baby to term and for the most part, even get pregnant. Contraception has not reached these regions of Africa. And understanding to not have a baby because they are poor for some reason goes past the reality that condoms are not in their villages nor is birth control. I don’t think they all want to have children but places all over the world don’tknow or have access to what we know in knowledge that we can control population growth and poverty by using a condom or contraception.
We take for granted that we know this information and have access to even having an abortion that is not a back-alley way that could kill us. We are way more advanced than so many places in the world.
It’s obvious that Angelina didn’t adopt for self-promotion. When she adopted a few years ago, it was not popular to get an African kid. People were getting Asian and Russian kids at the time. It does seem that people may want to emulate her and those are her Hollywood peers. We have to remember that celebrities have more intense issues than us because their celebrity compounds their neurosis.
I think as it goes she was made an ambassador at the UN and with her work she became invested in the people she was working with in foreign countries. That seems reasonable to connect with the people and their children if they are poor and looking up to you.
Back in the 90′s, Steven Spielberg, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, and Michelle Pfeiffer all adopted Black (mixed) kids. Whoopi Goldberg joked about it and I think Sandra Bernhardt joked about it. Most of you were small and probably can’t remember this occurance. (I’m probably misspelling all their names…anyway)
That trend cooled off until Angelina started adopting and adopted a TRUELY BROWN-SKINNED BABY. See…all the others adopted a mixed child that was mixed with Black and had lighter skin. It was very obvious. Angelina on the other hand adopted a brown child. She was very bold and honestly she didn’t have to. Her popularity didn’t need a promotional boost. Think about it…a single, gorgeous fertile woman adopting when she didn’t have to.
I think that is what is cool with her.
But overall…you guys are on it. You hit the nail on the head on this one.
Black celebrities could adopt but Black celebrities are selfish for the most part and only copy their masters. I don’t think Black celebrities will readily adopt a Black child unless they are past childbearing years because it is a social stigma for us loving ourselves enough to choose someone that looks like us and is not a mixed-race breed of Black and something else. It’s sad but real.
I remember when Magic Johnson and his wife adopted a brown little girl and I remembered when Lionel Richie adopted Nicole. I felt it admiring the Johnsons’ dedication to being proud of their brown skin and I noticed Lionel Richie’s affinity for something other than someone that looked like him. And so on.
We have deep issues.
Thanks again for sliding in some SOCIOLOGY on your site.
was comment 138 even called for?? Why can’t you just paste the link to the article? That is very irritating.
Supernova,
You are one ignorant ass white queen. Its all over your post man. What the hell you doin trollin over here bitch?!
Dear Mr Supernova,
First off, if you aren’t 15 years old you should be cause you’re childish as hell. You don’t have the capacity to voice an opinion without resorting to insults. Now, I could stoop as low as you and sling back but you’re base, ignorant and obviously have sexual orientation issues. Are you closeted dear? Is that you’re primary issue? Now since you have memory lapses here’s your post. Notice how you make one point, then start insulting others by stating that if ANYONE disagrees with you, well they’re just dumb fucks.
It may be a trend – and a tacky one at that, but there’s no denying that these children (Zahara and Madonna’s son) WOULD HAVE DIED HAD THEY NOT BEEN TAKEN OUT OF THERE SURROUNDINGS YOU SELFISH DUMB FUCKS. While you all are sitting on your asses judging other people who are at least DOING SOMETHING you’ve failed to realize that two lives (YES BLACK BABIES) have been SAVED. WHAT THE FUCK HAVE ANY OF YOU DONE ABOUT STARVING, ILLITERATE BLACK CHILDREN (even the one’s in your own country?). Black folks who have a problem with this should SHUT THE FUCK UP and adopt a child — PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR BIG WHINEY, COMPLAINING MOUTH IS. I doubt you bitching about white people is doing anything to help black children ANYWHERE!!! Miserable, dumb, fucks.
Whoa,it is crazy to read all of this and still think my POV has anything to offer, but here goes.From what i have heard adopting in the US is really difficult,there are 3 adopted kids in my family, and my grandmother had the hardest time adopting a child that was distantly related to her! Here in france i go to immigrant language school with people from all over the world ,1 class literally every race, including 2 girls from Madagascar,an algerian man and a really wonderful young woman from Sudan.
From what she has told me, Africa needs an infrastructure to become self sufficent.
you may hate on me for saying this but America in general needs to wake up, get out of this oil war and really hold the corrupt government accountable.
that said the issue is interacial adoption… any child adopted, taken out of abject poverty is blessed.i would rather have a loving nanny than nobody,wouldn’t you
we spend like 4 billion dollars a month on this war, it saddens me to think what america’s tax money could accomplish.
For all the money they(white actors/actresses) are spending to adopt these kids and take them to wherever…they could be feeding hundreds of thousands of children dying from famine.
@ 189 Mexican in Paris
I totally agree! Hell, they could shelter, nourish, cloth, educate, etc. all of the adoptive children of the world with the revenue (Our money!) they’re wasting on that war for their (Our government, particularly repubilcans) profit.
The sad thing is… those outside of the States can clearly see, what too many of us here don’t.
I wish Madonna would adopt me.. Any way I’m happy for the children, but the downside of of this trend is people like Paris Hilton adopting an African baby to walk down the red carpet with!!
lol at #1…that is so true…for white AND black celebs.
Yea, I said it.
i wish people would watch what they call themself, you get into alot of trouble doin that stuff and lose alot of privelages.
for sure
The problem I have with Madonna is this child she adopted didn’t really need a new family. From what I heard is that his father put him in a orphanage and was coming back for him when he had everything together for the child. Now if Madonna really had a heart she would help this father so that he could provide for his son. So many kids their really needed a home cause they had no where else to go and out of all the children she pick him who has a dad who wants to take care of him. It’s good that these celebs are adopting kids but I believe it would be even better if they would just help the parents out so that they can keep family and the community together. I don’t if Angelina Jolie adopted child from Africa has a family but if the little girl does then I feel it’s not right to take her from her family, if Angelina could have help them get themselves together for the baby. Most of the kids in Africa are in orphanage because the parents couldn’t take care of them or aids. But if there is any family to keep together then people with money like that should help families instead of themselves.
BY ALL MEANS HELP AFRICANS BUT WE NEED HELP HERE ALL THIS MONEY GOING OUT OF THIS COUNTRY IS CRAZY TAKE CARE OF HOME I DONT CARE CELEBRITY OR WHAT WHITE OR BLACK WE GOT TOO MANY PROBLEMS HERE FOR ME TO KEEP SEEING ALL THIS CHARITIES ON TV TO HELP OTHERS HELP US WE BLACK PEOPLE NEED TO HELP OUR OWN BECAUSE IT DONT SEEM LIKE NOBODY ELSE CARE I GUESS WE THINK WEVE MADE IT CAUSE WE CAN SIT ANY WHERE WE WANT ON A BUS GO TO ANY SCHOOL WE WANT HELL BE EDUCATED AND WHAT NOT I KNOW IM KINDA OFF THE SUBJECT BUT HERE IS MY POINT WE GOTTA DO FOR US HERE IN AMERICA CAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE A FORGOTTEN PEOPLE AND OUR PRESENCE IS WAY TO BIG FOR US NOT TO BE FELT WE GOTTA MOVE YALL IS ALL IM SAYING WE TOO GREAT OF A PEOPLE TO KEEP BEING IGNORED LIKE WE ARE MAKE A STAND TAKE THE FIRST STEP OF HELPING SOME BODY OTHER THEN YOUR SELF SOMETIMES EVEN SOMEBODY YOU DONT NECESSARYLLY CARE FOR IF THEY NEED HELP HELP THEM IT STARTS AT HOME FIRST AND WE ARE THAT HOME
well…. i dont know why but i dont like madona or angelina in no way but… its good what they re doing, no doubt ….bless those ladies for what they do and pray dat they will make it well
For the person that posted the list of adopted children; You listed Christina Crawford. She was adopted by Joan Crawford who was very abusive towards Christina. She only adopted Christina because she wanted to make her self seem down-to-earth and loving because people thought she was a bitch. Which she was. Christina eventually wrote a book about her life called Mommy Dearest which was then turned into a movie. Just because you have money and fame doesnt mean you dont have problems. Just because youre a celebrity doesnt mean you are a good parent.
I AM SICK OF OF THIS!!!!!!!!!!
If they DONT adopt us, we complain. When they do we complain.
Yeah, Blacks are not rushing to adopt African kids. Good on Madonna for doing it.
It is one less child that is suffering. Also I hate this argument that the US has needy children first. Wiat a minute, are we no longer AFRICAN American? So African is NOT important now? Africa is in a crisis. Millions of people are dying of disease, starvation adn poverty. These are OUR people. We are lucky in America. No matter how bad we have it, Africans have it worst. ENTIRE villages of people suffering of hunger and no food for days.
I don’t care who adopts, white green purple or blue – just adopt.
The more we criticize, the less African orphans will benefit. Most people adopt Asians and not black African babies.
So people stop the madness. Stop criticizing. Let these kids have a better life. Stop it now. This child was in an orphanage for a year and now he will never starve again. Do you know what it is like to starve? If this kid was not black, would people say anything? Leave it alone people. Trend or no trend, I love that finally our African babies are being brought to light. God would approve of any person who decides to give a child a better home.
I don’t see what the problem is…
i am so tired of people black mostly going on and on about some white person adopting a black child…. when the most important thing is that a child get a good home no matter what color the person is. and speaking as a black woman married to a white man with three children …… all those black people need to get off their soap box…….. its the same thing when a black woman sees a black man with a white woman ….. they go all over the top….. if a white person chooses to give love and a home to a black child then all those stupid black men and women need to get a life….. there is no color in love or when it comes down to loving someone
Does anyone know the percent of blacks that adopt white babies?
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its a good thing to help little black babies!
My name is Dynasty I’m only 17 years old right now.I’m going to be a supermodel/actress/fashion designer one day.But guess what I’m a black girl and when I’m 24 or 25 I’m going to get married to an Italian man and have four children two sons and two daughters.I’m also going to adopt from vietnam,taiwan,thailand,korea,and the phlilippines.I don’t see any thing wrong with adopting internationally especially from africa because that’s where the most children need help.these celebrities like angeliana jolie are going to be in the spotlight regardless.She wanted to adopt because she loves zahara.I’m a black girl and I want to marry an Italian man and have children with him and adopt children from all over asia what’s wrong with that.Because when I adopt my children from asia I’m going to love my children and love them as much as my birth children and they will be my children.
Cool
I jus gotta say how do u expect black celebs to adopt something already got
why would they want more, i mean that’s the least they can do send money to them and give medicine but white people like jolie and madonna just want more attention
I jus gotta say how do u expect black celebs to adopt something already got
why would they want more, i mean that’s the least they can do send money to them and give medicine but white people like jolie and madonna just want more attention
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