White Moms, Black Children and a Mysterious Death

Hello Meltingpot Readers,

Has anyone else been following this bizarre story about the two white adoptive moms who were found dead at the bottom of a cliff with three of their adopted Black children in their car? There are rumors circulating that this was a suicide/murder following an investigation of child abuse, but nothing has been substantiated and the investigation is still ongoing. What’s more, the family’s other three children are missing and for some reason, authorities believe they might have been in the car as well, even though their bodies haven’t been recovered.

This is a bizarre story. And just to add one more twist, one of the missing children, is none other than the Black boy, Devonte Hart, who was photographed hugging a white police officer in 2014 in a picture that went viral. Do you remember that picture?

Anywho, while the police continue to investigate and people continue to speculate what really went down, many people in adoption communities are taking this opportunity to re-evaluate transracial adoption, as if this crazy story is somehow representative of the majority of transracial adoption cases. *eye roll* Puh-lease. I hope folks have better sense than that.

This case is being filed under meltingpot madness and I will continue to keep track of how things go down.

What about you? Are you following the case? Regardless, hug your babies extra hard tonight and say a prayer (if that’s your thing) for the innocent lives lost in such a gruesome and senseless fashion.

Peace.