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Originally a blog for my 'bewildering' experiences as an international, it has since evolved into... something else. Though not entirely. The point is, when I say 'stupid foreigner', I only sometimes mean myself.
For the curious: left home (Philippines) for two and a half years in Italia (there was a time when I snobbily thought I was abbastanza Milanese); then went on to college in the grand ole US of A (East Coast). Currently I go back and forth between Rhode Island and Manila.
"My wife and I are thinking of adopting and shockingly found in Texas, the cost for a white infant was $35,000 and the cost of a black infant was $17,000 – these are published numbers on private adoption websites."
The price of babies, by color | Chris Blattman (via abbyjean)
BUT OMG RACISM DOESN’T EXIST!
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That is seriously disturbing.
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BUT GUISE. SUPPLY AND DEMAND. the market CHOSE those values. Let the invisible hand do its work!!!11!1!!
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Not even 3/5ths man?
eeeesh, this makes my skin crawl.
something about having to pay to an adopt a child…blows my mind. like…since you know, it’s a human life and it...