Alvin Holmes: Free to a good home

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(JD Crowe 4/10/14)

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"The majority of white people in Alabama are against interracial marriage and they are against adoption of black children." - Rep. Alvin Holmes, D-Montgomery

We can always count on Alvin Holmes to keep it right colorful in Alabama politics.

From Mike Cason's AL.com reports:

Parents who have adopted children of another race and other adoption advocates rallied outside the Alabama State House Wednesday to condemn Rep. Alvin Holmes' remarks last month that white parents rarely adopt black children.

"We will never move forward away from racism as long as we have leaders holding on to the past and turning everything into a race issue," Beverly Owings said. "There are many transracial families, including adoptive families, living in Alabama.

"As a parent, you do everything you can to build your child's self-esteem, and it is very offensive when someone purposely degrades a certain population of children. Children are not born racist. They learn racism from their environment."

Amen.

I would miss Holmes if he found a good home outside of Alabama politics. But I feel pretty safe in putting him up for adoption. Any takers?

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