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DMC Releasing Documentary On Foster Care: "The foster care systemis totally obsolete. Kids are being killed, abused and even experimentedon. I was fortunate. I got adopted," DMC said. "There's a half a millionkids here every year here that don't get |
DMC Releasing Documentary On Foster Care; Changes Name
Published Wednesday, September 12, 2007 4:31 PM
http://allhiphop.com/blogs/news/archive/2007/09/12/18577425.aspx
By Nolan Strong
Pioneering Hip-Hop artist Darryl "DMC" McDaniels of Run-DMC has come
along way since founding his legendary group in 1983.
He's entering a new phase of his career, dropping the familiar
Devastating Mic Controller (DMC) moniker for something much more
profound: Deliver My Children.
The rapper's critically acclaimed one-hour VH1 "Rock Doc'" documentary,
My Adoption Journey premiered in Feb. 2006 and has been nominated for an
Emmy Award for Outstanding Arts & Culture Programming, during the
September 16 awards ceremony.
"To be nominated for such a prestigious award means the documentary did
what it was supposed to do, it touched people," DMC told AllHipHop.com.
"Now I really have to take it to the next level for the foster kids."
His new mission is shedding light on America's foster care system.
The pioneering rapper announced today (September 12) that he is
producing a follow-up documentary titled DMC: Deliver My Children, aimed
at shedding light on the ills of the foster care system, which houses
over 800,000 children annually.
"The foster care system is totally obsolete. Kids are being killed,
abused and even experimented on. I was fortunate. I got adopted," DMC
said. "There's a half a million kids here every year here that don't get
adopted."
My Adoption Journey explained the legendary rapper's search for his
biological mother, who game him up for adoption in 1964.
DMC was not aware he was adopted until his mother told him as an adult
in 2000 when he was 35-years-old and gathering information for his
autobiography King of Rock: Respect, Responsibility, and My Life with
Run-DMC.
It was then that he set out on a spiritual and personal journey to find
his biological mother.
At the start of the documentary, all DMC knows is that a 16-year-old
girl named Brenda Lovelace, who hailed from the Dominican Republic, gave
him up for adoption.
The revelation about his adoption so late in life led DMC on a spiritual
search and the rapper believes he has found his calling.
"If my birth mother would have never gave me up, I would have never
moved to Hollis [Queens] and I would have never met Run and Jam Master
Jay. The world would be totally different. I was in the system until I
was five-years-old. I was a ward of the state. I didn't even ask my
[adopted] mother why she didn't give me back. It was fate. You have no
idea what you are destined to be."
According to statistics, the number of children in foster care has
doubled since 1987 and more than 90% of the states in the U.S. have
reported issues in finding adoptive families for children in foster care.
To complicate matters, children "age out" of care around 18-years-old,
sometimes without living arrangements as young adults, resulting in
homelessness and sometimes, prison.
"At age 18, they are aged out of the system, they give them $5 and a bag
of lunch and say go live your life," DMC told AllHipHop.com. "Most of
these kids end up in trouble, jail, or a mental institution. All the
kids in the group homes, juvenile detention centers and over half of the
people in prison overall come from the foster care system."
DMC is in the process of organizing a rally for adoption rights in
Washington D.C., in front of the White House along with The Throw Away
Kids Foundation. The rally will include a number of celebrities who were
adopted, or spent time in a foster home.
"There's a bunch of celebrities, movie stars and entertainers that have
come from the foster care system that can be role models," DMC said.
"They need to speak out to help prevent some of the abuse that is taking
place in this foster system."
The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards airs on Fox September 16 at 8:00 PM, live
from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
For more information of DMC, visit http://www.me-dmc.com.
CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A
DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NSA / CIA
WIRETAPPING PROGRAM....
CPS Does not protect children...
It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even
killed at the hands of Child Protective Services.
every parent should read this .pdf from
connecticut dcf watch...
http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com/8x11.pdf
http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com
Number of Cases per 100,000 children in the US
These numbers come from The National Center on
Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington. (NCCAN)
Recent numbers have increased significantly for CPS
*Perpetrators of Maltreatment*
Physical Abuse CPS 160, Parents 59
Sexual Abuse CPS 112, Parents 13
Neglect CPS 410, Parents 241
Medical Neglect CPS 14 Parents 12
Fatalities CPS 6.4, Parents 1.5
Imagine that, 6.4 children die at the hands of the very agencies that
are supposed to protect them and only 1.5 at the hands of parents per
100,000 children. CPS perpetrates more abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse
and kills more children then parents in the United States. If the
citizens of this country hold CPS to the same standards that they hold
parents too. No judge should ever put another child in the hands of ANY
government agency because CPS nationwide is guilty of more harm and
death than any human being combined. CPS nationwide is guilty of more
human rights violations and deaths of children then the homes from which
they were removed. When are the judges going to wake up and see that
they are sending children to their death and a life of abuse when
children are removed from safe homes based on the mere opinion of a
bunch of social workers.
CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, HAPPILY DESTROYING THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT
FAMILIES YEARLY NATIONWIDE AND COMING TO YOU'RE HOME SOON...
BE SURE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR CANDIDATES STANDS ON THE ISSUE OF
REFORMING OR ABOLISHING CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ("MAKE YOUR CANDIDATES
TAKE A STAND ON THIS ISSUE.") THEN REMEMBER TO VOTE ACCORDINGLY IF THEY
ARE "FAMILY UNFRIENDLY" IN THE NEXT ELECTION...
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