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[quote=Anonymous]So my neighbors just adopted a 7 years-old girl from Russia. They're a loving family with 4 biological children and everything this girl could possibly hope for. But as happy as I am for them, I can't help but be disturbed by one thing: they changed the girl's name when they adopted her. And not a small change... her name was Oksanna and they changed it to Brittany. I've asked my neighbor why they did that and he told me that this was part of the steps they were taking to "Americanize" the girl in order to facilitate her integration. He even told me that "a few months from now nobody will realize that she is from Russia". What the hell?! Is this what international adoption really is about? Remolding a child's cultural roots?[/quote]
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