My thoughts are these:
- What is your last name? Because whatever name you give should "match" it, in some way.
- What are your other kids' names? If they're Katie and Jack, then Imani would stand way out.
- I don't think of names as "white" or "black". If your child were actually from Africa, I'd see the rationale. But this child is a Black American. Why not give her an American name?
Again, you asked for thoughts, and those are mine. That and $3.50 will get you some coffee at Starbucks.
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-Robyn
mom to Jackson, b. 17 January 2006
private, domestic, open adoption
Antioch, CA
Child #1: Is that your mother?
Child #2: Yes.
Child #1: Why is she white and you are black?
Child #2: Because I am adopted, and black people have more melanin than white people do.
Child #1: Oh, let's go on the high bars.
-Unknown
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