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Leave the Baby Snatcher Alone
I’m officially tired of all the talk about Baby Snatcher and her adoption of baby David from Malawi.
The country has been buzzing since Madonna’s (I REFUSE to call her Madge) visit to Malawi where she adopted or snatched according who you talk to, an 18-month-old baby boy.
And surprise, surprise, guess who had the exclusive sit down (via satellite) interview with the legendary pop singer.
As soon as I read that Baby Snatcher would be breaking her silence on ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show,’ I knew nothing was going to come from this interview.
If you are down with Oprah, you are going to get the easiest ass 2nd grade questions that only maybe Jacko could find a way to mess up.
The term ‘hard-hitting’ doesn’t scream when you are talking about an Oprah interview.
But that’s besides the point (and my Oprah rant for the week) with the real issue being are people upset because Baby Snatcher adopted an African child or are they upset because she supposedly tried to pull a fast one on the father’s child?
If it’s the latter, then I completely understand why people would be upset. But if it’s because you have another white couple coming into the Motherland and adopting another face that looks like me and you, get over it.
Let Baby Snatcher do Baby Snatcher. As long as she went about the adoption without breaking any rules, then what’s the big deal?
If the kid is from Malawi or from Michigan, it’s one more kid that is receiving help (and a great life at that, Baby Snatcher, holla at your boy).
I’m done ranting now – this is why they never should have given me a blog…
Back to Oprah for a second, the second-half of the show featured ‘The Dixie Chicks,’ who has fallen off the face of the Earth after their George Bush controversy in 2003.
They were promoting ‘Shut Up and Sing,’ a documentary that followed the group after making their statement on the eve of the Iraq War.
All for saying “Just so you know, we’re ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas.”
Everyday I say I’m ashamed Arnold Schwarzenegger is the Governor of California but hey, I’m still here…
If you want even MORE Madonna coverage, Karu F. Daniels blogged live about today's show.
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What is the big deal here? I mean come on people. The big picture is we now have one less starving child and person in the world and thanks to the love of Madonna and Guy Ritchie David now has infinite doors open to him that he otherwise would not have. In addition he has a new sister Lourdes and brother Rocco and if you havent noticed Lourdes is half Cuban aka LATINA.
Madonna is a model being, on how when you put your mind to something you can accomplish it and that there is really heaven here on earth. Plus given Madonna's background is it a surprise that should would adopt a black child?
Where the hell was everyone before Madonna got involved? NOWHERE Did the average African-American or American in general even know about Malawi? NO! A whole genecide has been happening in parts of Africa for years a "story" that has been completed lost on the majority of Americans.
There is ONLY GOOD in this situation. I mean thanks to Madonna we now have more eyes on Africa and the country of Malawi. Could any other celebrity draw such attention. NO. Angelina nad Brad did some no doubt but this is Madonna.
Hell I am a huge fan of Madonna I think she's got major balls. Furthermore its too sad that a great deal of Americans Generation X and mostly all previous generations are way too HUNG UP (No Pun Intended) on race. Love is why we are here period, and the more love that can go around regardless of race, color, creed, religion, and sexual orientation the better.
If whites str8 or gay want to adopt a black kid hell all power to them. They will learn more about others and themselves in the long run and vice versa. -
Touche! I agree, at least Madonna is taking an actice roll in a war torn continent that takes babies and puts guns in their hands and makes them killers. Have any of you (the ones who think whites who adopt black kids are modern day slave owners) done ANYTHING to stop the genocide in Dafur? How can racism end unless we actually learn about others, and this is one way. I have seen adopted black children well adapted and have much better social skills that the project children who's daddies can't and don't want to be found and momma's who are on crack. If any child can be lifted up, do it! Churches need to stop worrying about anti abortion, anti gay rights, and "only G-d loves me" syndrome and do the task of what G-D really aks of all of us and that is to repair the world. Stop trying to make a bling, bling name by using G-ds name to promote one's self (hear me mega churches?). Use your money to do good. Adopt, adopt, adopt and give love back to the world. You got the money Madonna adopt some more, you can afford it. One last comment, what about Josephine Baker, didn't she adopt all races and ethnicities, including white? Was she trying to get back at the slave owners? or, like most, adopting because she (and Madonna, and others) have the means and LOVE to give a child.
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She didn't baby snatch. She wasn't driving down the road and picked up a kid. She went to an orphange. Unless I don't understand English anymore, exactly when did an orphanage NOT become a place where children who are open for adoption are placed?
IF the kid was in an orphanage, he was open to be adopted. -
You are so right, Oprah does not ask hard hitting questions to celebritites. She probably does star-friendly questions as most of them are her friends, so it puts her in a compromising position. I would of liked Madonna to go on Larry King as he knows what to really ask her and hopefully she would of revealed allot more.
Debbie
http://www.DebbieDonovanTravel.com
10/30/06 7:07 PM