It was supposed to be just a picture of a happy new mother showing off her beautiful adopted son.
But when Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock appeared on the cover of People magazine with her newly adopted African-American baby, the image stirred discussion in the black community and on blogs aimed at that readership.
“We have a poll up right now on the site that asks a question about interracial adoption,” said Marve Frazier, chief executive officer of Bossip.com and chief creative officer for its parent company, Moguldum. “For the most part people have been saying it’s great that she adopted a baby from the United States.”
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Still, the topic of transracial adoptions is a sensitive one, made even more so when the adopted parent is a celebrity.