[ETL]

From the 2017 NY Times story...

After Years in Foster Care, Intern ‘Adopted’ by City Hall Catches a Break

Emily Palmer
Dec. 14, 2017

James Polite spent much of his childhood in foster care.

In high school alone, Mr. Polite estimates, he was placed in 10 different homes. And he received little encouragement from social workers to go to college.

But Mr. Polite, now 25, still believed that college was the best next step.

He found encouragement as a volunteer in his teens, registering voters and canvassing neighborhoods in New York City during Barack Obama’s first presidential bid. Mentors on the campaign trail urged him to pursue higher education.

In 2008, at a gay pride rally for Mr. Obama, Mr. Polite met Christine C. Quinn, then the City Council speaker. ..."

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/14/nyregion/after-years-in-foster-care-intern-adopted-by-city-hall-catches-a-break.html

[Yaelle]

All gays are good. All blacks are good. All impoverished people are good. All orphans are good. All minorities are good. We must give what we have to all of them. It always works.

[editor-surveyor]

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Obama II in training!
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[golux]

What exactly is he doing on that particular chess board - the one he is touching?

And the other board - the one closest to the camera. What the heck happened there?

And - just curious - why is there a Hanukkiah with two shamash branches on the buffet?

[Chickensoup]

I wonder why he was moved around so much?

Sometimes there are systemic issues in foster care, and other times it’s the kid.