Video | Indignant in Brazil a parade of orphans looking for family

The Brazilians are scandalized and compare it to the slave trade fairs of previous centuries: a shopping center in the city of Cuaibá organized Parade of orphan boys seeking to be adopted. The children paraded in front of a crowd, as if it was a fashion show, at an event organized with the support of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB). ) and different clothing companies, which provoked the interest of Internet users.

According to the OAB website, this parade took place for the second time on May 21 at Pantbad Shopping. The entity said that "the goal is to give visibility to children and adolescents suitable for adoption in the state". The boys who marched are between 4 and 17 years old. "It was never the purpose of the event to introduce children and teenagers to families for adoption," he apologized for the OAB. "The idea of ​​the initiative is to promote social coexistence and to show the diversity of family building through adoption with the participation of adoptive families."

"It's a night for pretenders to adopt to meet children and teenagers. The general population may have more information about adoption and the miners themselves will have a different dayTatiana de Barros Ramalho, president of the Mato Grosso Youth and Children's Commission in Mato Grosso, said in a statement. National Council of Justice in Brazil, 8,700 children and adolescents hope to join new families.

"It's so disgusting that it hurts," said one indignant tweeter, while another said: "Children are not dogs in a pet shop or clothes on a hanger! Have you thought about the frustration of who is not chosen? It's an irreparable evil! Who had this idea? I already imagine this scene, with the suitors to adoption with a small plate, as if it was a shot. "

In the first edition of this parade of orphans, two teenagers who marched (14 and 15 years old) managed to be adopted. "What the eyes see, the heart feels," said in the same document the lawyer Barros Ramalho. But Facebook and Twitter users have shown their indignation, considering for the most part that the exposure of children and teenagers to a podium constitutes a case of "reification" and pushing them into a situation that violates their basic rights.

Eduardo Mahón, a lawyer from Cuaibá told the Brazilian newspaper Popular Muvuca that the parade looked like "an old slave fair". "The suitors see how beautiful, friendly and easy the children are on the podium – it looks like an old slave fair where they saw the teeth and bodies of Africans to negotiate the offer," Mahon said. .

In response to criticism, a second statement issued Wednesday by the commission noted that minors were never obliged to stand on the podium: "No child or teenager was forced to attend the event and all expressed to the organizers the joy of being able to participate at a time like this, "said the Mato Grosso Research and Adoption Support Association.

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