Wednesday Class (8am) Argumentative essay topic 3: Ethnic adoption is where couples adopt children who are not of the same race / religion as the parents-to-be. But some might argue that there are abandoned babies of the same race / religion as the couples are that need to be adopted, and they should not be looking to other “exotic” options. Should ethnic adoptions be encouraged in multiracial Malaysia? Discuss with logical points and reasoning.      

Adoptions are rather known as very touching action, people who adopts are inspiring and affectionate, but ethnic adoptions are big problems, especially in Malaysia. I personally think that adopting a child should not only be physically but also mentally. I strongly disagree that ethnic adoptions should be encouraged in multiracial Malaysia. There should be a lot of considerations such as, marriage when the kid grows up, cultural differences and religious complications.

Marriage is one of the hinder when it comes to multiracial adoption. People would

tend to judge a book by its cover when they see a couple of two different races getting married. They have the mindset that all yellow people are Chinese, tanned skin are all Malays and all brown skin people are Indians despite their family backgrounds and such. It would be difficult for the adopted one as his or her finance’s family might not allow the both of them to get married.

Apart from the difficulties in marriage, cultural difference would also be an obstacle in

emotional wise. Self esteem in the sense that other kids would make fun of them being different and again, of their skin color. In this case, let’s take a look at a scenario, an Indian boy gets adopted by a Chinese family and goes to a Chinese school. His friends might confront him and make fun of him. People are normally not comfortable with difference and they are scared of it. Friends, family, acquaintances or strangers might make negative comments and stare. This will let the child feel uneasy and sometimes insecure.

When adopting a child from a different race or culture or even religion, the child have

to let go of everything including their culture and religion especially in Malaysia. In Malaysia, there is a law saying that no matter what you do or who you are, once you are married or living with Muslims, you have to, no wait, you must convert unless you get married overseas but at the end of the day, people still judge you when you return to Malaysia.

These problems would cause difficulties for the child that had been adopted, the

parents that adopt the child and the soul mate of that adopted child. In Malaysia, there are rules that we have to follow. Different people look at things differently but I think that the child’s rights are the most important above all. Their emotions are what we really need to care about. There are the innocent one in this situation. I strongly disagree ethnic adoptions especially in Malaysia. We must consider carefully before we adopt children who are not of the same race.