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what would be
your recommendation?
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That the child
should be returned
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to his birth mother.
1:12:07
Thank you.
1:12:09
No further questions.
1:12:14
Dr. Goldfein, you've stated
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that your organization
is opposed
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to interracial adoptions.
1:12:19
Does that mean you never
place black infants
1:12:21
with white couples?
1:12:23
Oh, no. We do this all the time,
but these are temporary.
1:12:27
These children stay temporarily
in the white home
1:12:30
until a suitable black family
comes along?
1:12:33
That's right.
1:12:34
How long does that take?
1:12:35
It can take years.
1:12:37
And the child is then
1:12:39
wrenched from the only family
they've ever known...
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and turned over to strangers
because of the color
1:12:47
of their skin?
1:12:48
It's the long-term
interest of the child
1:12:52
we are trying to protect.
1:12:53
Well, wouldn't
you say
1:12:55
you were putting
political policy
1:12:56
above the emotional
health of these children?
1:12:59
No.
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All things being equal,
1:13:02
the black child is better off
with black parents.
1:13:05
All things being equal.
1:13:07
Well, what if all things
are not equal?
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Miss Jones, I am sick and tired
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of the attitude that says
1:13:15
that taking poor
black children out
1:13:17
of their environment
and placing them
1:13:19
in an affluent household
1:13:21
is better for the child.
1:13:24
What kind of values
does that suggest?
1:13:29
- How much time do you got?
- Not much.
1:13:31
How about lunch?
1:13:32
No.
1:13:33
Look, no strings
or nothing.
1:13:34
Would you leave me alone?
1:13:35
I can't give them nothing
1:13:37
to use against me in there,
or I'll lose my boy.
1:13:39
I don't want to do nothing
1:13:40
to hurt your chances.
1:13:41
Why didn't you
answer my letters?
1:13:43
'Cause I didn't open them.
1:13:45
I cannot talk to you.
1:13:46
I want you to know something.
1:13:49
I filed for a divorce...
1:13:51
and I'm coming back
when I get it.
1:13:55
Okay, I just wanted to say that.