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[KeriS]

I am going to try to answer this question respectfully. You are not making any sense. I have a degree in economics and I have adopted a child. If you have a question or want to discuss either feel free to e-mail me.

[MB]

I am sorry sir, but you are not making any sense....I do not see what your first question has to do with the rest of the details you gave us.Could you help us out alitle bit?

[Arpgme9215]

There's definitely a difference in race with adoption. Unfortunately, in my state a child is considered special needs when they're over 7 & white...or over 2 & black or bi-racial. That's because it's more difficult to find homes for black or bi-racial children. We have two biological kiddos...two adopted who are of Latin descent...and we've had lots of foster kids with different skin colors to super pale white to super dark black. We'd adopt a child not based on skin, eye or hair color but based on the connection we felt with that child and with a desire to give that child a loving, permanent family.It seems that most folks want to adopt a child that looks like them, though.We've talked to people who work in the system, people who are social workers, adoptive parents, foster parents and just people in general & the thing we've concluded is that there's a hierarchy in adoption. The healthy white child is most prized, then there's asian adoptees, then there's hispanic (in order of preference lighter skin to darker) then there's bi-racial and then black (again, in order of preference from lighter skin to darker).Part of the problem is the desire to have a child who "looks like us", part of the problem is also the shortage of black families who choose to foster and adopt.