Grim fact of 1970s adoptions in Scandinavia: the price correlated with the wealth of the country of origin, which correlated with skin colour. This sorted the children by skin colour into the Scandy social classes.
Redeeming fact: even the poorest Scandy family that adopted a child was way, way more affluent than the average in the country of origin.
#adoption
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