links for 2006-10-21 at Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture

links for 2006-10-21

Inter-race adoptees say worried about Madonna child - NineMSN

Thanks Meg! “People need to understand that the losses for the adoptees are immense and lifelong…The price many of us have paid is a lifelong struggle to gain a sense of belonging, to attain some kind of identity. And that lifelong struggle is tiring..

(tags: transracialadoption internationaladoption celebrities)
A 21st Century Take on Race - NPR

Thanks Kimberly! “As the discourse of race moves into the 21st century, factors like DNA testing results and multiracial culture make the subject more complex. Commentator Joseph C. Phillips shares his thoughts…”

(tags: race racism racialclassification dna)
Oh, oh NOW they put their foot down? « Twice the Rice

“Sooooo, “counseling” and recruiting young expectant mothers to commit their unborn and newly born babies to intercountry adoption…is apparently an acceptable practice, but the renting out of womb space to the Japanese is poised to become the newest

(tags: transracialadoption internationaladoption surrogatepregnancy)