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sprint6864 t1_jboz5xd wrote

Reply to comment by Buddyblue21 in Colin Kaepernick says adoptive white parents perpetuated 'racism' at times while raising him by DrChefAstronaut

The things that are getting posted in this sub and the people supporting some of the comments shows that a lot of people here are problematic af. The fact that they didn't read the article and are immediately attacking him, let alone the fact that it was posted in this sub to begin with, is kinda friggin troubling

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aannoonn2021 t1_jboyibi wrote

Reply to Colin Kaepernick says adoptive white parents perpetuated 'racism' at times while raising him by DrChefAstronaut

Just chiming in as a parent in a transracial adoption. I'm Hispanic, my husband is white and our son is Black. There is a huge learning curve. Loving your child does not mean that you don't make mistakes and for parents who adopt Black children, those mistakes can perpetuate racism.

The example he gives in the article has to do with hair and braiding. Hair is incredibly important in Black culture. Honestly, I had no idea what that meant before our son came to us. I had to learn.

Society already does a GREAT job of portraying Black boys and men as thugs. I would never use that word towards my son. My job is to build him up so that he can withstand all the knocks the world will give him.

As an adoptive parent his words do not come across as a lack of gratitude. When we know better, we do better.

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Buddyblue21 t1_jbowgwe wrote

Reply to Colin Kaepernick says adoptive white parents perpetuated 'racism' at times while raising him by DrChefAstronaut

Did anyone read the article? Whatever your feelings about him, what he said is pretty straightforward and accurate. Saying he looks like a little thug if he wanted to wear cornrows is problematic. He also said he knows they loved him, but it shouldn’t be a surprise that they didn’t understand how some of their biases came into play when parenting a child from another ethnicity. It’s a necessary discussion.

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alzee76 t1_jbovgel wrote

Reply to China holds ‘military advantage’ over US as Washington prepares for conflict over Taiwan by agonhaziri

> Fox News senior strategic analyst retired Gen. Jack Keane stated, “China does have a military advantage.” They outnumber the United States in terms of ships, aircraft, and both offensive and defensive missiles.

Well yes. Until relatively recently, quantity over quality was their mantra just like it was with the USSR.

> This year, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) ran a war game that simulated what would happen if the People’s Republic of China launched an amphibious attack on Taiwan. It found that the United States would probably run out of long-range precision-guided missiles within a week.

No idea what this particular bit of trivia is supposed to portend, honestly. "Long-range precision-guided missiles" aren't exactly the keystone to the defense of a small island nation. They'd mostly be useful for striking within mainland China, which we probably wouldn't do much of.

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