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Originally Posted by SupaModel
Aclee, I totally get what your saying (you meant full AA right?) but BR is same as AA to me. In the AA community not matter what you are mixed with you are still consider black. Well actually not just only AA communities either.
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I sooooo agree with this comment! I think that often times in the adoption world people are fooling themselves. The one drop rule is alive and well and it doesn't just exist in the AA community. Maybe CC are more PC (or covert) about it...but it still exists.
This is one of those things that really makes me cringe in the adoption world. There are those who think that it will be "easier" if they adopt a biracial child. But what they don't seem to get is that the general public doesn't recognize "biracial" or "multiracial" not really.
I think people need to get very real about these things.
In regards to colorism...yep it's a big issue all over. Here's the thing...you can't know how dark or light a child is going to be whether he's "full AA", "biracial" or whatever else.
FWIW I'm one of those parents out there with 3 CC children (although most think my oldest is biracial or "something" and people often think I'm "something") and one adopted AA child. The intention was to adopt more than once going into it. But sometimes life changes. I'm a single parent now....my baby/adoption days are most likely over.