Former Apple CEO and Adult Adoptee, Steve Jobs, Dies at 56
Steve Jobs, former Apple CEO, innovator, and inventor of a lot of awesome things that begin with the letter "i," passed away today. What people may not know is that he was also an adult adoptee. Born in California in 1955, Jobs was adopted as an infant. What some of you may be itching to know: yes, he did know who his first parents are.
When researching this event to make this brief blurb about it, I came across this article where the author mused that because Jobs was an adoptee, then he could have been aborted, and then we would be without all of the awesome things Jobs has brought to the world. If I can do anything on my little, teeny, tiny, (itty-bitty) space of the Internet, it would be to dispel this stigma that surrounds a fellow adoptee. It is disgraceful that as human beings people can think of nothing more than to give us value based on our mother's reproductive choices and to value her based on those choices as well. Whether his mother considered abortion or not, who freaking cares?
He was a human being. He was one of us. He was adopted.
"Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do...."
I took a look to see what other people were writing about him. I was amazed at the number of - what if he had been aborted postings that are out there.
No where did I see - what if his 23 year old graduate student mother had kept him?
You know what also pisses me off? Plenty of women who consider abortion and decide not to have an abortion then *raise those kids*. It's not as though adoption and abortion go together in this neat little way and they only apply to those women over there. (And it's almost always those women over there when the Internet is involved, as opposed to these women here, as opposed to us.)
Thanks for writing this article Amanda. Did you catch the GMA piece on him where they started off right away claiming he was an 'unwanted infant' (because he was adopted)? Why do people always assume that because someone placed/surrendered/gave up a child to adoption that the child was 'unwanted'? ADOPTED does not = UNWANTED in every case!
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My kind of thinking - bless me, I thought I might have been alone!
ReplyDeleteI felt compelled to write about him today as well. Sad day for everyone - what a great man!
ReplyDeleteI took a look to see what other people were writing about him. I was amazed at the number of - what if he had been aborted postings that are out there.
ReplyDeleteNo where did I see - what if his 23 year old graduate student mother had kept him?
That is a beautiful quote
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You know what also pisses me off? Plenty of women who consider abortion and decide not to have an abortion then *raise those kids*. It's not as though adoption and abortion go together in this neat little way and they only apply to those women over there. (And it's almost always those women over there when the Internet is involved, as opposed to these women here, as opposed to us.)
ReplyDeleteThanks for writing this article Amanda. Did you catch the GMA piece on him where they started off right away claiming he was an 'unwanted infant' (because he was adopted)? Why do people always assume that because someone placed/surrendered/gave up a child to adoption that the child was 'unwanted'? ADOPTED does not = UNWANTED in every case!
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