UKIP couple have foster children removed from care.

[atomic_joe2]

A couple have had three foster children removed from their care because they belong to the UK Independence Party.

Rotherham Borough Council said the children were "not indigenous white British" and that it had concerns about UKIP's stance on immigration.

Comments

[hinoema]

Agreeing with all the side-eyes up-thread. I just wanted to mention that there is no such thing as "indigenous British" unless they're Homo Heidelbergensis.

[mangosorbet007]

From Heidelberg, Nottinghamshire. :-)

[maenads_dance]

Is that Piltdown Man?

[bowtomecha]

If they called themselves Picts or Britons then it might work. The Sami have been around in Nordic lands not much longer and they are classified as indigenous. But lets face it, these party members are doing it to to be assholes.

[aella_irene]

In with everyone else to say that, um, yes, UKIP members adopting children who come under their hatred of 'immigrants'? Is bad.

(Also, I think the article suggests that the children were from a Polish background.)

I thought they were Roma?

[jazzypom]

I do know that there's been a surge of Romany children being over here since Hungary and Latvia joined the EU. But I could be wrong.

[mangosorbet007]

Adoption =/= fostering. Just a minor clarification. Fostering might lead to adoption but usually that is not at all the planned outcome.

[elialshadowpine]

Thiiis.

I stopped and re-read the article because the way it's written, if you're skimming and not paying close attention, it sounds like the article is about adopted kids being taken away. The tone of the piece is sensationalist and mentions adoption in enough places for it to sound like that's what's going on if you don't catch the distinction between fostering and adoption, and it preys on the fact that a lot of people really honestly don't know much about either.

[jettakd]

if even the most well-intentioned white people can accidentally mess up raising adopted children of color that they love and adore, what makes you think a couple who's political beliefs are founded upon what basically amounts to isolation and segregation can properly raised kids of color?

[thelilyqueen]

Exactly. I may adopt someday(USian), and the idea of even a white infant/toddler from a part of the country I've never lived in is a little intimidating in terms of seeing they're properly aware of where they came from. Toss in ethnic and racial issues, and it gets way more complicated. More so *again* if they're adopted internationally at a very young age.

[pleasure_past]

Joining everyone else in saying that it was a good idea to take these kids away, and if not allowing people who hate immigrants to raise immigrants is a "slippery slope," it's one I'm willing to go a lot farther down.