I completely understand where you're coming from. I want to adopt from Haiti and India for the same reasons....(I have been to Haiti and my church sponsors orphanages and often visits orphanages in India.)
For me, I am open to ALL races. I don't exclude any races, but that is just my PERSONAL choice. I am researching my next adoption and if Ethiopia closes to singles and because Haiti is taking forever and India is leaning more towards in country and NRI adoption, and I only want an infant the next time....Neither of the above options may be choice for me....So if that happens I will most likely be foster/adopting again and honestly the first infant girl that comes along (regardless of race) that becomes available for adoption will be my next daughter.
You have to do what's right for you, whether anyone else agrees with it....
People still think I am a fool for adopting not only 1, but 2 daycare aged children as a single mother...but at the end of the day I am the one who has to live with that decision. (Wait til they find out I plan to adopt again... And I still want to foster even if it doesn't end in adoption....lol)
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Originally Posted by Sohmakun
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.
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