Article in Washington post: I’ve adopted two biracial kids. Got hate messages

As father to two bi-racial kids, I found this to be an interesting article, good to see that comments section is mostly positive, anti-racist.

"Two weekends ago, three to five people claiming to be associated with a hateful organization wrote racially offensive messages with chalk on a few of the sidewalks at Bethany College, a small Christian college in Lindsborg, Kan., where I am the president.

They drew a chalk outline of a dead body with the words “rest in peace my friend” and “make Lindsborg white again.” They wrote messages that were disgusting and completely contrary to Bethany’s core values and intellectual identity."


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...wed-up-on-my-kansas-towns-sidewalks/#comments

 

I'm shocked..

 

Not really.. Supremacist nutjobs are everywhere

 

Isn't Washington D.C. a majority Black city though?

EDIT:
Nevermind I see this took place in Kansas.

 

So sickening. It sucks how progress is so slow in this country. It's not right. I will have children sooner than later and it scares me to death.

Thanks for sharing this

 

I wonder what his thoughts were about racism before the kids.

Lets be real...this is terrorism .

 

Happened in some small rural college, not surprised.

 

I'm not either.

I have to wonder how much this family was prepared to adopt biracial children. I'm not saying anyone should expect this type of treatment or just accept it.

 

They weren't. Sadly it's an example that most white people are still utterly clueless about how deep racism is ingrained into our society.

 

Agreed.

It's just interesting to me because in many areas it can be really difficult to adopt "transracially" (that's the word that's used in adoption) There is often a great deal more required in terms of classes, reading, etc. There are more approvals required too. Not that I think that really makes anyone prepared fully, but they ought to realize (at the very least) that they are going to deal with all sorts of things coming up. I know of many who have adopted who really played things down and wanted to believe that everything would be great and they would never deal with racism because of course it's just not like that anymore (major sarcasm)

Maybe requirements are different when the children are biracial though too.