Anna Mae He... Hee Hee Hee

Normally when you crazy humans give a kid back to its biological parents after a long stint with someone else, I roll my eyes and wonder why you're all so retarded sometimes.

But the case of Anna Mae He is different. Her mother and father - Shaoqiang "Jack" He and Qin Luo "Casey" He (heretofore to be refered to as Jack and Casey, because there is no possible way I could stuff enough liverwurst in my mouth to pronounce their chinese names) - appear to be hard-working people and good parents. They just ended up being taken advantage of by a "good christian" couple.

The story is long and complicated, but you can read a brief article about the situation and the decision here.

--The Tennessee Supreme Court cleared the way Tuesday for a Chinese couple to be reunited with the daughter they placed in foster care with an American family nearly eight years ago.

The court overturned a decision by a Memphis judge who had taken away the parental rights of Shaoqiang and Qin Luo He, ruling that they had abandoned the child. That decision attracted widespread publicity and was criticized for ethnic bias.

Their daughter, Anna Mae He, has been living with Jerry and Louise Baker in suburban Memphis since she was 3 weeks old. Anna Mae turns 8 later this month.--

{Moose's note: She turned eight on January 28th.}

By way of background, Jack He came here on a student visa, to pursue a PhD in economics. Now, let's think about this for a moment. If he was a useless piece of human detritus, would he be part of an academic program that I'm sure thousands of other chinamen would have gone all kung fu on someone to be involved with?

And his wife came here on a spouse visa. And they were too poor to afford any entertainment besides fucking, and OOPSIE! She ended up knocked up. The baby, Anna Mae, was a preemie, and Mom & Dad were having financial and legal problems, so they temporarily placed her in foster care. And that's when all hell broke loose.

The Bakers wanted to adopt the cute little asian kid. No big shock there. What IS shocking, though, is the lengths they were willing to go to in order to achieve their goal, and the sheer meanness of their methodology. I mean, threatening to sic the police on a chinese couple who have expired visas and a sketchy grasp of the English language? That just ain't sporting, kids.

And getting a no-contact order, then claiming that the wee sproggie was abandoned by her parents because they didn't see her for four months? Christ on a pogo stick. Is that what passes for justice in Al Gore's home state?

Oh, by the by, the no-contact order was issued because the Hes wouldn't turn over Anna Mae's passport, and the Bakers were afraid if they had a visit with the kid, they'd jump on a plane to china and never look back.

Well DUH. Would you have blamed them? They tried to do what was best, and got seriously anally reamed without lube in the process.

Fuck, Jack and Casey did everything right. They knew they were in over their heads, and they reached out for help. Unfortunately, the "good christians" who got ahold of them were about as christian as islamic suicide bombers.

What's most disturbing about this case is, you know that either money changed hands, or favors were called in. Because the only things Jack and Casey He did wrong were being chinese, and poor. Grad students are SUPPOSED to be poor. They are the indentured servants of their professors and faculty advisors. Jack He was no different than some over-privileged white douche in any advanced degree program in the country, except that it's easier to take advantage of some poor asian bastard.

At the end, the Bakers tried to claim that it was in Anna Mae's "best interest" to stay with them because she had no relationship with her real parents. And, uh, whose fault is that, you ignorant inbred cocksuckers? YOU are the ones who kept her away from her parents for YEARS.

Even if that argument had validity, the poor little girl shouldn't be left with the Bakers. That would be rewarding them for unethically (and possibly illegally, going by the rebuking the Chancery Court judges got in the decision) interfering in Anna Mae's relationship with her mom and dad for a VERY long time.

Sadly, that's not all.

The Bakers fucked this kid up but good. She says she wishes she wasn't chinese, and would love to have blonde hair and blue eyes. I'm sorry, but she didn't come to those tragically sad thoughts about her heritage on her own. Those are ideas that (cruel, vindictive, piece of shit) adults put into a child's head. And I'm pretty fucking sure the adults in question are named Jerry and Louise.

Maybe her parents, who love her so much that they never gave up, can heal her wounded spirit. Good luck, little Anna Mae. This moose is keeping you in his heart.

Now everybody forget that you saw me get all soft and squishy again, or I will hunt you down and beat you to death with my antlers.

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