Black Twitter went into overdrive after a post about white parents adopting Black children was shared by author Kyla Lacey.
Lacey shared several pictures of parents and their children with a caption noting her dislike for the parents turning the children into “social media stars.”
One of the pictures shared was from a couple named Steven and Ashley. The couple has a TikTok account with 2.1 million viewers and features videos of the couple and their adopted son, Abriel.
Another picture Lacey shared was from the Tiktok account @mommyandeilap, which features a woman named Amanda hugging her child Eila. Two more pictures are of adoptive mothers grooming their children’s natural hair.
One mother named Kendall captioned her post, “Why I don’t I take Zadie Ann to a salon?” Another mother named Amanda Plummer captioned a post of her doing her daughter’s hair with, “Just mama doing her best.”
Lacey took issue with the posts in a lengthy rant on Twitter.
“I don’t care what anyone says this s— t is highly exploitative,” she wrote. “Adopting kids and then making them social media stars should be criminal. Adopting Black kids and making them work…. Hmmmm where have I heard something similar…”
“Let me make this clear, I don’t have an issue with transracial adoption per se. My issue is the whitewashing of cultural specificities and values, and the exploitation of children for money. Adopt in peace. If you needed applause for being a good person you’re not a good person,” she continued.
Some users defended the mother of Zadie Ann and noted that she was trying to educate other moms about how to groom…
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