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There are some people that chose to adopt internationally because of race issues. I went yesterday to pick up girl scouts cookies from my former foster child's daycare. One the worker's asked how were things going with our adoption plans. She asked what races were we open to and if we had considered international. I told her what we were open to and then she shared some information. She had a relative that was currently in the adoption process for China. She told me that they made a decision to adopt from China because they did not want to adopt black child. They knew that it is easier to adopt an AA child domestically than a CC one. They did not feel comfortable with the culture, hair care or skin care. That's were people are getting the impression that "anything but black" is better.
Race may have not applied in your case but it does for many other people.
I had looked into international adoption because I had been given bad information initially...I was given the 2 -3 year wait information that did not apply to me. When looking at international I had strict requirements for that. It had to be a country where the people were of African descent. I chose Panama..because I had lived there during my childhood. I also looked into some of the carribean nations. Luckily I was finally given the correct information and I'm now waiting for a domestic adoption.
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