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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love that this show is tackling racial issues. Randall picking a pool that he knows more black people go to because even at 8 years-old he understands that he's different and wants to be around people that look like him. I'm glad that the mother put her ego aside and asked for help from the black woman. [/quote]

That black woman at the pool was such a snot to Rebecca.  Why did she feel the need to humiliate Rebecca, simply because Rebecca was the white adoptive mom of a black child?  She could have kindly offered advice re: the rash on Randall's neck, but instead she chose to loudly patronize Rebecca simply because Rebecca hadn't run right over to the black families and introduced Randall.  WTF?  I was really glad Rebecca went back and schooled that know-it-all.

Of course, we know they'll become friends regardless, but the whole scene made me mad.  [/quote]

I agree. It was over the top. I don't like the idea that someone who is selflessly raising another person's child being ridiculed over something like the child's hair.[/quote]

I disagree - she was angry because they've been to the pool several times - the family never said hello  and she's actively kept her child from "that side of the pool."  The rash on the neck was just her way of saying look you can't do this white girl on your own.  I can help but you're to blind to see it so F you.[/quote]

Oh please.  So now we're supposed to find others who look like us and make a point to introduce ourselves?  How ridiculous.  If that's the case, then why couldn't the black mother have come on over and introduced herself and her son to Rebecca, Randall, and family.

That "white girl" was indeed raising Randall on her own (with her white husband, Jack), and doing an excellent job of it.  They didn't know they had to use a black barber to prevent the rash on Randall's neck, but other than that, they seem to be raising great kids - regardless of their race.

And BTW - just how many black adoptive parents of white children do we see?  Yeah, not many.   :roll: [/quote].

Considering how common it is for mothers to stress about minor things, I'm glad this character got over her initial reaction and turned around to make an ally. I don't think that's the most important aspect of that scene.

As for black parents adopting white kids as moral barometer - whut?[/quote]

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