What do Sandra Bullock, Ty Burrell, Charlize Theron, Connie Britton, Angelina Jolie, Tom Cruise, Hugh Jackman, Madonna, Steven Spielberg, and Amy Coney Barrett all have in common? Well before reading the last name on the list, you might have thought I was merely listing a bunch of Hollywood actors. But Amy Coney Barrett does not fit in that category. She has been a been a law professor, federal judge, and, as of this writing, a nominee to the U. S. Supreme Court. So then, what do they all have in common? They are all white people who have adopted black children.
Now in the past, when all of those Hollywood actors did the adopting, it was lauded as a VERY admirable thing. It showed that they were not prejudiced, and, in some of the cases, were extremely compassionate because they adopted children from deprived situations in third world countries. (It is noteworthy, in fact, Barrett’s two adopted children came from Haiti.) But for some reason, Amy Coney Barrett is being viewed differently by people who don’t want to see her on the court.
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