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Red Table Talk

Should White People Adopt Black Children

Red Table Talk

iHeartPodcasts

News, Society & Culture

4.52K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

RTT takes on the controversial topic of interracial adoption. Jada & Gammy are joined by “Sex and The City's” Kristin Davis, a mother of two adopted black children, who's been forced to confront her own white privilege after seeing how differently her own Davis kids have been treated

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0:46.0

Sometimes we see white people who are a dark and black children as trying to be white,

0:50.0

say, be a reason. I get why there's not trust. Why would your community trust my community with its babies?

0:57.0

We're breaking down a controversial topic. Should white people adopt black children?

1:02.0

I don't know how every person of color has gotten through this. I don't understand.

1:09.0

Yeah. Best known for her role is Charlotte on Sex in the City.

1:13.0

Kristen Davis is a single mom raising two adopted black children.

1:18.0

This is going to be interesting today because I have to admit that I have certain feelings about this whole interracial adoption

1:27.0

because I think it's really, really hard raising black children today.

1:32.0

Yeah, because it's so sensitive.

1:34.0

It is.

1:35.0

But I think we also have a lot of misunderstandings about it.

1:38.0

But I'm so glad that Kristen is here with us today to just...

1:42.0

I want to share about it.

1:43.0

We have some of the misunderstandings that we have and just to educate us about the process and what her experiences have been.

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