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Indian Affairs, Adoption, and Race: The Baby Veronica Case Comes to Washington

Apr 12, 2013 11:05

The United States Supreme Court next Tuesday hears argument in a head-spinning case that blends the rank bigotry of the nation's past with the glib sophistry of the country's present. The case is about a little girl and a Nation, a family and a People. The question at the center of it has been asked (and answered) over and over again on this ( Read more... )

adoption, native americans, supreme court, children

Comments 14

miriamele April 12 2013, 23:04:03 UTC

This was long but definitely a good read.

The guardian, according to Brown's brief, told him that "she knew the adoptive couple prior to the child being placed in their home," that the Capobiancos could afford to send the little girl to private school, and that as a result Brown's family "really need[ed] to get down on [their] knees and pray to God that [they] can make the right decision for this baby."

Disgusting, tbh.

tiddlywinks103 April 12 2013, 23:18:22 UTC

At first, the brief alleges, the guardian ignored Baby Veronica's Indian heritage, but then said "that the advantages of Native American heritage "includ[ed] free lunches and free medical care and that they did have their little get-togethers and their little dances."

Fuckyoufuckyoufuckyou.

White adoptive couples like this are the fucking worst. So fucking selfish and petty.

romp April 13 2013, 18:43:58 UTC

That quote right there is reason to keep that person away from any children. Fucking lack of disrespect.

bestdaywelived April 13 2013, 00:01:26 UTC

The entire adoption was orchestrated to try and fly under the radar of ICWA. That's pretty clear from the facts.

If things were done properly (and I don't blame her birth mother for this - he treated her worse than a dog while she was pregnant and claimed to want nothing to do with their baby/threatened nonpayment of support), she would have been returned to her father while still an infant. Of course it's going to be harder now.

moonshaz April 13 2013, 07:24:37 UTC

Well, the article includes this: "The father, who now lives with the little girl in Oklahoma..." which I take to mean that she is with him now. Whether she gets to stay with him is what's in question, I suppose ( ... )

ar_feiniel_ April 14 2013, 19:42:14 UTC

The entire adoption was orchestrated to try and fly under the radar of ICWA. That's pretty clear from the facts.

This.

shadwrayvn April 13 2013, 00:06:05 UTC

this story is so disgusting! How many more stories of adoptive white couples who do this do we need to hear before we do a major overhaul on our adoption process?

apostle_of_eris April 13 2013, 08:18:04 UTC

"Baby Veronica" . . . is a little girl, now nearly two-and-a-half years old, born of the fleeting union of . . . Dusten Brown and . . . Christina Maldonado. Before Veronica was born, her mother arranged for her to be adopted without telling the baby's father. When, months after the baby's birth, the father found out about the adoption, he exercised his rights under federal law to undo the adoption and gain custody. The two state courts which have reviewed the case have both sided with him.

Maybe the "racial" aspect is spelled out below the cut, because I don't see it here.