Racism and Adoption with Erica Shubin

Erica Shubin is a mom of 5 chidren, three biological and two children from Ethiopia. When her black son and daughter wanted to ask neighbors about picking up some odd jobs to make extra cash, Erica hesitated to let them go, because she worried about how the world would respond to the color of their skin. Against her gut feeling she let them go, they were 9 and 11 and ended up with an officer at her door responding to a robbery in progress. This experience gave her perspective on just how pervasive racism is and how deeply it hurts lives.