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Wednesday
Jan142009

Power of the Media: Nazi-named Children "Rescued" from Parents

DateWednesday, January 14, 2009 at 03:40PM

I wrote a blog about this a little while ago (Would You Name Your Son Hitler?)how a couple had a civil rights dispute with a bakery over decorating the name of their son, Adolf Hitler Campbell, on a birthday cake.  The bakery refused to do it and the story was featured on blogs and news sources around the world.

Well, the power of the media has flexed its muscle once again.  The Associated Press released news that the New Jersey state Division of Youth and Family Services removed 3-year-old Adolf Hitler Campbell and his younger sisters, JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell, from their home Tuesday.

I have mixed feelings on this.  First of all, I think there is definitely something severely wrong with those parents who are clearly prejudice against non-aryan people.  But whether that constitutes removing the children from their parents and forcing the children to go through this horrible custody battle between the state and the parents…then, if decided, to have the kids adjust to being placed with foster parents, is a hell of a lot to put them through.

It seems as if the state department took harsh actions due to the media exposure behind it.  In my opinion, perhaps forcing the parents to go through counseling or some sort of anti-prejudice educational curriculum would have been a more appropriate move.  Or at least a psychological analysis done by a doctor before they determine the parents are not fit to be guardians of the children.

Am I wrong?  Is it right that the state snatched these kids up?

AuthorLuis Guajardo | Comment4 Comments | Reference1 Reference |
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January 14, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterDiane AKa BlogNet Awards Team
I suspect that something else had to be going on in the home for Child Services to get involved. The children couldn't have been taken based solely on their parents choice of names after all they had to file for birth certificates and the names were accepted at that time. If they were taken from their parents solely for this reason I agree with you. I honestly think that foster care is the absolute last resort. Something like 75% of children that enter into the system end up in jail or prison later in life... obviously taking children that are already at a disadvantage and siphoning them into a life of more hardship.
January 14, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterTamara W.
I agree - its impossible that kids would be removed simply for having white-supremacist names. After all - look at the KKK rallies - they have kids walking around in swastikas and nazi uniforms, being indoctrinated into a life of hatred. They should all be removed from their homes following the same reasoning. There must be something more that they are not telling the public due to privacy rules. As much as I dislike the parents for what they are doing to those kids by starting the brain-washing at such an early age, taking them into state custody is plain wrong. Freedom of speech and all that....even when I am in disagreement.....
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