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Hassin Bin Sober

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6. All one has to do is turn on the news and/or watch a Black Live Matter rally to see....
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 10:22 AM
Apr 2016

..... what these parents have had thrust upon them.

They are now raising a young black man in a society where cops routinely beat, choke and shoot young black men.

I have some white friends who fostered and adopted an African American child who is now 5 years old. It's obvious from my friends' Facebook posts what is on their minds and the concerns they have for their child growing up here in Chicago.

I also have African American friends raising their own non-adopted children. It's obvious from their Facebook posts what keeps them up at night.

My friends are raising African American kids in a city where the cops blasted Sweet Home Alabama out of their police cruisers during a BLM march.

I'm a gay man. 20 years ago my friends and I would have discussions about if we could take a pill and turn straight would we. The answer was usually no. Fast forward 20 years and ask would we want to raise straight or gay kids in today's society - with one of the major political parties talking about reversing hard won gay rights as part of their platform? That's another story.

The people in the op paid a lot of money for a service. By negligence, they got a whole lot more than they bargained for.

How much should the jury award to mitigate costs?

How much does it cost to move to Mars? Because that's where I want to go if we elect Ted Cruz or Donald Trump.

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