Video Analysis: Living On The Fault Line

In the video called, Living on the Fault Line, I noticed that the families adopting children from different races experienced hardships and faced a lot of discrimination when in the social setting. The video also shows how difficult it may have been to bring up the conversations of race and when it would be a good time to do so. During the first part of the movie, we learn that there are various families that are adopting children of color. The parents believe that they are doing a beautiful deed and helping them but soon noticed discrimination at its finest. I believe that white parents, in this case, can raise a child of color no problem. It is no different than raising their own biological children. Every kid is unique and should not have

An example of this can be seen when a white woman adopted an Asian girl and an outsider told the mother that she should get her eyes fixed. To that mother, she knew there would be differences and challenges but that shouldn’t stop her. It just empowers her to raise the child with strength and give her the best of life. A parent knows that adopting can bring up noticeable differences and that their children will see it as they grow up. However, it is how the parents go about raising and nurturing them to be unique and learn to love themselves, despite what others think. On the other side, you see that the children have the same effect whenever they go to school or just outside in general. There was a scene where a single father was raising two children he adopted and they were of a different race. The kids knew that they were different and were easily picked on for how they appeared and being raised. People just assumed that they were bad kids because of their skin and that they lived with only one parent. Another example is seen with children of color when they start making friends. They notice the differences and wonder if they actually fit in with one