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Originally Posted by manni28
Can I ask a question? As a AA adoptee, and adoptive parent of a AA son, why are you only wanting to adopt a CC child? I read your previous post and I am still curious?
-Manni
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Oh, I didn't say I was open to only CC I'm also open to Asian or Eurasian too. I love the children in those orphanages to death. I just don't think its fair for me, a lesbian, to adopt from a country that isn't "gay friendly". One of the reasons China closed their doors to single parents was because they didn't want homosexuals adopting Chinese children. Ethiopia may also close too because of the same reasons. Why make everyone else in the world loose that chance to have the child they always wanted just because of my own selfish reasons? Thats the reason why I'm open to those races is because I still want a child that reflects the cultures that I care so deeply about.
Yes, there are lots of black and biracial children in this country who need homes but there are also CC, Asian and Eurasian children who need homes too. Its really the healthy CC infants who are adopted very quickly, the ones with health problems are just as less likely to find homes just like AA children. I don't believe that just because I'm black I have to be open to a black child. Just like if I were a single or gay man that doesn't mean I have to accept a boy or if I had a disability I cannot request a healthy child or if I were an older parent that I have to have an older child.