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Comment by Ralph Dumain on April 26, 2010 at 5:19pm

Yes, but I haven't attempted to write anything for some time.

Comment by Little Name Atheist on April 26, 2010 at 5:18pm

Are you still having difficulty, Ralph?

Comment by Ralph Dumain on April 16, 2010 at 10:10am

I am unable to add a new discussion in this forum. I continually have problems with the posting mechanism. I'm getting pretty fed up with this web site.

Comment by Steve LOWE on April 5, 2010 at 2:49pm

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Comment by James Croft on March 29, 2010 at 1:41pm

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Comment by Ralph Dumain on March 2, 2010 at 10:42am

Forgive the botched formatting of my discussions. The text editor is totally jacked and I can't edit my messages. If this isn't fixed, I can't continue posting on this site.

Comment by Ralph Dumain on March 2, 2010 at 9:39am

Levon is our 250th member. Woo-hoo!

Comment by Ralph Dumain on March 1, 2010 at 7:40pm

Welcome, John Sumter. For some time, the list membership has vacillated between 248 and 249 members, and yet with the new addition we don't have 250. I haven't been monitoring this group as often as I should and hence we may have temporarily reached 250 when I wasn't looking, and people may have dropped out also when I wasn't looking. I'm looking forward to a permanent stabilization at the landmark of 250, and then of course even further growth. Until recently, this was the largest group in the English-speaking portion of the Internet. There are a handful of Facebook groups, but until recently they were very small, then a couple of them shot up almost instantaneously, and I think one of them is now way ahead of this one in membership. The more the merrier, but I hope this group will continue at the frontier of critical discussion.

Comment by Ralph Dumain on January 19, 2010 at 1:38pm

And thanks for such a frank answer to such a personal question.

Comment by Hobo Sarah on January 19, 2010 at 1:33pm

Hello Ralph and thank you for the question. It is a very complex issues to which I have given a great deal of thought starting with is it even OK for me to take this child from his culture when I am so clearly not of it. I believe that a child should not be denied a home due to race or where they are born and I think that, hopefully, a child in an orphanage (one facing great poverty) with no biological family and special needs would have a better life with me than in that situation and it does sadden me that they will have to give up some of who they are for basic human comforts like food and health care and frankly my own selfish need to adopt (I don't want bio kids) and all I can do is my best. As far as differentiating between the two cultures (I said African because I am not 100% comfortable giving out such personal information as his country of origin and tribal ties online) I think they are vastly different particularly considering that within each culture there are differences and neither are a homogenous well defined thing that can be blanket applied. What I meant to say and perhaps should have been a bit more clear is that I want him to, since he will be raised and live in the U.S., have contact with the U.S. Black culture and be as much a part of it as is possible. In order to accomplish this it means more than going to cultural days and purchasing Black dolls it means making it a part of every day life and your life style, the good and the bad. I hate to sound like a white girl cliche but luckily I have very close African American and Black (I differentiate because I like to use the terminology that others use for themselves when referring to them) friends who have self-defined themselves as Aunties and Uncles. However as an Atheist I face an additional challenge because a lot of what I see, and perhaps if I am incorrect you can correct me, in Black American culture revolves around religion. As far as trying to keep them in touch with their Western African/Birth culture, particularly being so far away, comes down to travel and education. The more I know and the more often we can visit, the more I can share with him. Since he will be an American I suppose I should refer to it more as keeping him in touch with his heritage as opposed to being ingrained in the culture itself. The truth of the matter comes down to who he is. I am American Indian and my culture was very important to me and being a part of it was essential to who I was but my brother, same blood-same family, could not care less about it so while it is essential that my son learn, be involved, and be comfortable with who he is the reality is that in the end he may not even have interest in it at all and may prefer... I dunno, video games (I sure hope not but...). In the end, I want a happy, healthy, adult who follows his own passions and loves in life. I hope that is clear. I know I can be long winded and convoluted but this is something that I have given so much thought to that it is hard to synthesize it down into an online comment. Thanks!

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