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Originally Posted by petiteone
As a liberal, white woman, professional (Attorney and Surgeon), married parent of 2 sons and foster parent of 6 black children, I am aghast at some of the hateful or ignorant opinions/solutions I read on this thread. My sons were teens when we began fostering (northern state) and we were blessed by their lives. The local police, however, were after these kids from the day we invited them into our homes. (They were not the only black kids in our community)- Questioning them on where they were going, where they were coming from, how did they get those shoes, why are they walking into this person's drive way, why are they standing out in from of the local theater (along with my bio sons), why are you walking with this (white) girl, frisking their pockets? My hubby and I spend a lot of time at the police station trying to stop this behavior. Everyone should foster a black child so see what it's like and what these kids are up against. Thankfully our neighbors treated the kids with respect. It was the greatest education of my life time and we're still close to each of the kids we fostered. An yes, we put them through college....yes, we gave them free stuff. I'm so disappointed in my fellow whites who think they know the failing of everyone but themselves.
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Beautiful and sad at the same time.
I can never get close to what you have done, but I did spend so much time at the Boys Club (mostly black) and coached and held positions on the board. I simply want to applaud you and validate what you say, because in my position, I found the same to be true of those boys who came to us for help.
Young boys at ages 12-16 do not understand first why they are treated differently than other young men and when girls and testosterone enter the picture they become very confused as to what has happened to my world.
I applaud your life