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AA’s are pretty open to race when it comes to the foster care arena but on the private adoption side no…. Here's my take on why AA's are not so open to pursuing other races in private adoptions. Our kids are the last on the desirability list. If we don't adopt them who will? It would come across as looking like we don't value our own people. CC's didn't start adopting transracially in significant numbers until the supply of CC children dwindled. Why should we expect or hope another group will adopt our kids? At this point *I* think it is extremely self-indulgent when you are AA to actively pursue a non AA child when agencies are beating the bushes looking for people to adopt AA children. It’s one thing to say I’m open to any race and another to say I don’t want an AA child. I have seen that happening lately more and more and I have some hard feelings about that. It bothers me that there are AA’s who are willing to wait years and pay high fees to get a child of another race when they can adopt one of their own race with lower fees and in a few months.
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