[msdesi]

I've been reading with much interest the thread "is being selective about race a cop out". Now the thing is, all the questions I've read focus on caucasian adopting outside their race, and we know this is done often. What about minority family adopting outside their race? Does that ever happen? Of course, any caucasian baby up for adoption would be had by one of the zillion waiting caucasian couples...that's not where I'm going with this.

For example, we are a Chinese family and if we would pursue adoption it would be from China. For sure. So...what would you think of say a Chinese couple with an African American child? I wonder if that ever happens. Or an African American couple with a Chinese child? Are their any minority family here that did adopt outside their race? Or have you heard of it or seen it? I'm sure I never have that I remember.

It's not that we're thinking about it, but I'm very curious. The norm for transracial adoption seems to always be caucasian to another race.

[loveajax]

MS, this is a little different but a friend of mine is AA and her husband is cauc. They have adopted a cauc boy and an AA girl. She says when she is out in public with her son, people assume she is his nanny (or worse!).

I totally think there are caucasian birth parents who would choose, e.g., a Chinese-American or African-American couple to raise their child. But you are right, you don't see or hear of it very often! And the same with African-American birth parents choosing a Chinese couple, etc.