Hello everyone,
I am not black (I'm white) and I am adopting from Guatemala...so I am totally intruding on your thread
I just thought it was so interesting that I had to read! When we decided to adopt from Guatemala (only because I was not going to deal with the wishy washy adoption laws in the US) our family said "There are so many babies in America that need homes why don't you adopt from here?" I know that I can't totally relate to what you are saying, but I think the idea here is the same. They were saying they didn't agree that we should adopt from another culture...My answer to them was it was our choice and whether they agreed to it or not wasn't their decision. When it comes down to it you are adopting a baby because you want to have a baby and where they come from (or in your case the color of their skin), why should that matter? Although I agree with the previous post that there are so many AA babies out there needing homes, if you have found a baby to love that happens to be another race I don't see why is should matter. Just my two cents, sorry for intruding!