I don’t have any statistics. I have no clue what proportion of the population wants children, and of those who do, how many they want. But from talking to people, I was surprised at how often I heard people say they want like, 5 kids, 7, 10! Now, they may never have one child, let alone several, but the point is that the desire is there. In our society, it’s honorable to want children, and indeed, we’re pressured to reproduce.

But, we only really celebrate reproduction by white people. Advertisements for pregnancy and baby-related products always have white people. A brown baby might be in there somewhere, but the focus is on the white baby. I seem to have a memory of one all-black baby commercial.

There are advertisements for church-affiliated “clinics” and organizations in my area that help underage, pregnant women. The women in the ads are black or Hispanic. I think the organizations exist to actually convince young mothers not to abort, but I wonder if they also encourage them to put their babies up for adoption. I don’t know. But their ads still have racial prejudice.