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Originally Posted by Binyasa
Our son's birthmother (who is white -- our child is biracial, birthdad is essentially unknown so we don't know his racial background but he is a person of color) originally matched with three families before finding us -- two of whom had significant reservations about what our son's skin color would be. They wanted a baby, and were 'willing' to adopt a biracial child -- as long as there was a relative guarantee that he'd be light-skinned.
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You know, I hear this all the time, but it still infuriates me. I actually know of a birthmom who had to find new adoptive parents because her baby was too dark after birth.
How incredibly sad.