“Madonna, famous for going to extremes to gain attention, is reminding the world in a fresh way that Americans abroad are dangerous. A widening controversy surrounds her adoption of a one-year-old African baby from the impoverished country of Malawi. And the debacle illustrates how ham-handed, clumsy and ineffective American aid efforts can be. Stunts like Madonna’s perversely tend to reinforce Americans’ sense of moral superiority — without doing much for the aid recipients themselves.”
TheStateOf . . . Africa. Do you feel like the recent spate of celebrity foreign adoptions is genuine, or a plea for attention my desperate stars? In the case of my girl Angelina Jolie, I (J) think it’s real. (Actually, I wouldn’t mind being adopted by Angelina.) Madonna, I don’t know about.
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