Comments by "Ficus-lovin\x27 Capybara N\x27 pals • 🌟 • 25 yrs ago" (@YourCapybaraAmigo_17yrsago) on "How an Evangelical Couple's SCOTUS Case Could Affect Native American Children" video.

First thing I said.
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You may be unfamiliar with the 100 year history of the govt taking away Native American children for all the reasons this person says, but if you learn about it you'll see why this court case is so problematic. It's not that people don't want children to be loving families, that's not it. This is a unique situation where child removal on a large scale has been done before for malicious reasons. If absolutely no Native guardians can be found for a Native child that needs adoption then I would say it is then permissible to consider other willing families, but if I'm not mistaken, that's already perfectly legal and is the commonly accepted procedure. Ergo, this case is not necessary and it is certainly not being brought in good faith. Just read up more about the ICWA and why it's so necessary and what came before that. That's if you're interested in knowing more about this issue.
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@zakpodo Nobody wants children placed with abusive parents regardless of their background and I'm deeply sorry your siblings suffered such inhumane treatment. I hope whoever was responsible for those acts has to meet their maker someday soon and answer for it and suffer in return. other than deep schizophrenia, I can't possibly imagine what could possibly excuse such evilness. However, and I'm not an expert on the ICWA, but overturning it would only open a can of worms and set native communities back in decades. It would set them out to be preyed upon as they used to by the govt and colonialist white families. Non-native adoptive families can still adopt native children under the current law, provided all Native possibilities have been exhausted. Isn't that true? Overturning the ICWA just because some extremely sus white people want Native babies, when thousands of other babies and children of all races are available to them, isnt right. The ICWA to my knowledge does not prevent non-native guardians from adopting native children it just means they can only do so after the native possibilities have been eliminated. That sounds extremely fair to me.
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@houchi69 I'm not native. Since I have not heard from any native community that opposes the ICWA I will defer to them on this matter. given the ugly 500 year history of violent colonialism against indigenous communities on this continent it seems to me that the ICWA is just as important now as ever. But let's get the native viewpoint on this because this is their matter. No of course I wouldn't suppose support unfair guardians regardless of their race. Ultimately fitness is the most important aspect in determine guardianship for minor children. If you read my response to the other poster you'll see where I talk about that.
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To OP: I retracted my comment because I believe you mean well but just learn more about the issue because there's a lot going on here unfortunately that's not just about what it may seem like at first glance.
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Wow that's shameful! Shame on those disgusting people! Why even adopt someone just to mistreat them??. I'm sorry you had to live with those disgusting shameful people but now you're free of them thankfully and you can regain the cultural heritage that was taken from you.
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Only a white supremacist would be able to let themselves in the mirror and say something like that. You don't know the history that these people have lived through. Protecting yourself against 400 years of genocide and predatory white supremacist actions, esp those that come clothed in the white man's Bible is certainly not racism! It is NEVER "racism" to protect ones culture, once community or one's children from those who would wish to do them harm no matter how noble they claim their intentions are! Those intentions are all just a smoke screen by the way. It's ALL about white supremacy and colonization and the tearing down a familial and community bonds amongst native communities. You don't know what you're talking about on this issue so I'll think you kindly to shut your ignorant trap.
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The native communities' cause is very near and dear to my heart. I'm not native but I'm well familiar with the entire history of the indigenous struggle on this continent. I hope in my lifetime to see native native come together and demand absolute autonomy from the US government. For 400 years they've been under the boot of these white devils who have wanted nothing more than to see them go extinct so they could take every last square inch of land away from them not to mention any gold or minerals that it might have held inside. I hope to see a spread of the landback movement because a culture cannot be preserved or returned to its former state without at least some of the land that was taken from it. So a lot needs to happen and I hope to see it start moving that way in my lifetime. And if there's any way that I can be a part of it I certainly will. Sovereignty and land reparation not to mention financial reparations is what the indigenous communities within these borders need now. There's no time like the present to start moving in this direction. I will do anything I can to advance help this agenda in my lifetime.
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@HerosofCornelia not quite. everyone wants what's best for the child. However you may not know the history of how the original indigenous people have been treated in this country. It is not nice to say the least. For 100 years native children were forcibly removed and placed in terrible boarding schools where they were abused and punished for doing anything considered "Indian", for most of their childhood. This literally just stopped in the 1970s. I do have a good video to recommend that goes into all the ugly details however if you're interested. This is why laws like ICWA today are so important.
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@aycc-nbh7289 that is unlikely. Polite Reminder explained it well.
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