Apartheid. USA 1988

February 5, 1987:

City officials estimated that in 1987, 6 000 more foster homes would be needed for growing numbers of foster children, now up to 16 800, many of them born to parents who abuse drugs. William J Grinker, the New York City Commissioner for Human Resources announced, ‘As far as I am concerned all foster-parents - regardless of race - should be treated the same way. I don't care whether they are white, green or yellow. And as soon as we have a foster-parent who has been certified as being appropriate, we will make the match with a foster-child as quickly as possible and I don't care what color the child has.’ The issue had come to the fore, because of the growing number of infants and children in need of foster-care. It had been the policy of the city and state to give preference to foster-parents of the same racial or ethnic background.^42.

42. The New York Times, from a report by Joyce Purnick