Anyway, if you're too lazy to read the post yourself, this post is questioning the how people think orphans living overseas are saved by their adoptive parents who are complete angels and did such a nice thing for their children.
Kristen (author of the blog) also mentions that there are adult adoptees who...you know what, let me just paste the paragraph she writes in:
I get that there are some people who resent that the suggestion that they are “lucky” to have been adopted. I get that some adult adoptees resent being told that their adoption saved their life. I also know that there are some adult adoptees who would like to see the whole practice of adoption shut down, who use the word “orphans” in quotes, like it is some made-up reality, who refuse to talk about orphanages because they see it as a derail in the conversation about adoption reform. Or who take offense to people who talk about orphanages because it deepens their feelings of forced gratitude.
Read more: http://www.rageagainsttheminivan.com/2010/10/do-orphans-need-saving.html#ixzz3xdXFHIVM
So really, since I'm not adopted nor have I adopted, I don't think I'm allowed to talk about this. But I will anyways.
Well, I'm half adopted (I have two moms and one of them adopted me. Yes, I have a sperm donor. An anonymous sperm donor).
But I really like Kristen's point about, you can't ignore it.
There are some people- a lot of people- billions of people- who are having a really tough time. Let's face it- people in the world, down the street, accross the globe- are living in horrible poverty, starvation, loneliness, mortal danger, fear, depression, and tens of thousands of other pains I can't even begin to describe because of this wonderful, lucky, plentiful life and loving parents I have. So why ignore the fact that many children who are adopted come from awful circumstances and get the chance to come to (not trying to say America is better than any other place in the world) a place where they will be provided food, education, love, care, so many other things to be grateful for.
Adding to that, this applies to foster care systems in the United States, international adoption from and in any country, and many foster parents around the world.
The struggle is real. If we can help (even if we aren't perfect), then we have done something, haven't we?