[bethy724]

I COMPLETLY understand the desire to adopt a children based on past experiences (visiting orphanages, other countries ect..)
I am a foster/adoptive mother & was open ot any race - my 1st placement (now adopted son) is bi-racial & I have to admit I am impartial to AA/ bi-racial babies. In the store when I see a aa/ bi-racial baby my heart melts (because of my experience raising my son from 3 months to now 4) but when I see a cc baby I'm like "oh she's cute" I would only consider adopting a aa/bi-racial child at this point in my life because of my internal indescribable feelings & I want my son to have a sibling that has "brown skin like him" - he notices these things - I provide repsite on the weekends & when we get a brown boy - he is over the moon!! (if they don't touch his toys) - when we get girls (even if their brown) he tolerates them.
Everybody falls in love w/ a person not a skin color but than that love has a desire to extend to another person-again, my cc heart melts over a aa/bi-racial baby.
Good luck in your adoption journey - gay/lesbians can foster/adopt in TX - you may want to check w/your state - adopting from foster care is free & I've seen plenty of CC,AA, bi-racial, hispanic children in the system - I've never seen Asian-just my little part of the world.

[starryeyes]

Originally Posted by want2adopt_IN

It never even phased me that she was CC and I am AA. What does phase me are the comments from folks in the store who ask "Are you fostering?" "Who is her mother?" "Is she white?" "How did you get a white baby?". Partly because I live in a predominantly CC community these comments always come from CC people. AA people tend to assume that she is just an extremely fair skinned AA child and go about their business

it.

As a CC mom, I feel the need to apologize for these ignorant people. I would never ask (or even think), "How did you get a white baby" or "Who is her mother"? I think some people are nosy and make stupid comments.

I smile to myself when I see others with diverse families. I hope someday we can all enjoy a world where color is what it is - just another factor like eye color or hair color.

[Dallas_Mommy]

I photographed an amazing woman over the summer that is AA, and her son (foster-to-adopt) is CC.

AND-she is single.

I just loved her. She had such an amazing spirit.

[Sohmakun]

Wow, your pictures are beautiful Dallas! I guess there are more of us than we think, African-American parents and Caucasian children.

[makarios79]

Originally Posted by Dallas_Mommy

I photographed an amazing woman over the summer that is AA, and her son (foster-to-adopt) is CC.

AND-she is single.

I just loved her. She had such an amazing spirit.

OMG those pictures are gorgeous....

I wish you lived here so you could photograph us..

My boys have taken pictures professionally, but not all of us as a family....I need to get that done ASAP..they have been here since April 2007 and no formal family photos....

Shame on me...lol