Should white people be allowed to adopt non-white kids?

kateiskate

I agree with Azatoth and Laurel J.

I am a transracial adoptee who has experienced a mixed race adoption first hand. I am also engaged to someone of another race than myself.

I think kids should be first placed with a family of their own race if it is possible. There are already a good amount of emotional issues abandoned kids face without adding the identity confusion that often surrounds transracial adoption.

YES, all kids deserve a loving home regardless of race. And YES, I would hope adoptive parents have the capacity to love a child regardless of the race of the child and family. But to say race doesn't matter is extremely dismissive to the child of the different race and the racism that they have or will experience.

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i think you should be able to adopt a child of any race. race isn't important. The child is

Kermit

I think that growing up in a safe loving environment is more important than pigmentation. , lets just leave them in orphanages where they are just a number with nothing to call their own because we are a different color. Nice!

kingsnake1650

Ummm, yes. Not only that, but white people are more likely to adopt than any other race.

ibjammin2009

Yeah why not!? i dont have a Problem with it adopting is an awesome thing to do! my white sister has a little Black baby!

Hatice

yes, why not? all children need a home, who cares what everyone looks like as long as the child is well taken care of?

inkchick27

good lord, what kind of question is this. SOMEBODY has to take care of all those kids

Ethel

Why should it matter? We don't disallow folks of different races to marry, and they have kids so how's that different?

The only time race matters is when it's about culture, in particular passage of endangered cultures on to the next generations - like with Native Americans. Only when there is good reason, such as they are a niece, nephew or grandchild of a white family and there is no 2nd degree relatives in the tribe is such adoption okay. Race is not culture, not really, and culture is something quite poorly transmitted by proxy.

spark_55

I think they should be allowed, but if they are doing it for the 'novelty' then no.

BPD Wife

Every child deserves a loving safe environment. If they cannot or do not receive that with their original family, then adoption by a loving family - regardless of race - should not be denied to them.

Ses

Hi. Yes and anyone of another race should be able to adopt a child so they may have a home love guidance stability. The most inportant thing to keep in mind is as long as the child is loved unconditionally as if the child is their own. Peace

Azathoth

If the people lived in a racially charged neighborhood, I'd advise against it for the ultimate emotional safety of a kid. I"m not saying people are incapable of loving someone who isn't of the same race, but, for example, I know a lot of blacks around me are very militant about their race and I could see where someone would get a lot of crap for adopting a white kid, or being a white family who adopted a black kid. Wouldn't be fair to the kid to be excluded for his parents' choice.

EDIT: I think the question is whether or not mixed-race adoptions will lead to the ultimate happiness of the children, not whether or not mixed-race families deserve to be happy. So it seems like some of you are missing the point.

Chella-Raelynn Marie due 10/2/09

If you wanted to go that far, look around at this world, people are having children with all races, mixed kids are everywhere. i think its sad about the culture thing, im pure white, but im irish, czechoslovakian, german, scottish.. the list goes on and on. So just because im "white" doesnt mean my culture is "white" and blacks culture is "black" i think you sound moronic and ignorant. identity issues? people have that when they are white with white parents give me a break. If you dont believe in mixing.. then dont.

Taylor G

of course, color is nothing, it's what's on the inside that counts!!!
what are you thinking even posting that question?

Philippa

In the UK children are generally matched with parents of the same or similar culture for example white parents with white children, Asian with Asian, Jamaican with Jamaican and so on. It just doesn't happen these days for children to be adopted by parents of a different colour/culture unless a pap goes abroad to adopt.

Mom to Foster Children

Wow if it wouldn't be allowed then I guess my son would have went to yet another foster home after his parents relinquished.

Trance Around the World

hahhhahahhahaha.

look what is happening to white people in europe because of immigration: they are losing their cultures and identity. A recent study shows that 60% of the dutch people feel their culture is in danger because of islamic immigrants. Europe is losing it's indigenous cultures and you only care about a few kids coming into a loving family.

Daisey Duck

If that were the case then I guess they should stop all interracial marriages and births from happening. There are many white women raising kids that are of mixed heritage, that they choose to birth, so there is nothing wrong with adopting a child of a different race.

ready 2 be a mommy

I think that giving them a chance in life is more important than being able to keep their cultural identity.

Laurel J

I think it should be a last resort. Of course they lose their culture and have identity issues. Children should be placed with their own race whenever possible.

cmc

I think they should be allowed, but hopefully they are also educated. They shouldn't ignore the fact that their child doesn't look like them, and pretend there aren't differences. The child should also have the opportunity to experience their "birth culture" (is that the right term?) and have roles models from their own ethnic group if possible. The adoptive parents should help provide opportunities for this, so the child doesn't feel like a fish out of water.

Jennifer L

Yes, but with a few conditions.

Adopting transracially comes with its own unique challenges. APs need to first, recognize and second, be prepared to address these challenges. While race may not affect the AP's ability to love or accept a child, race does matter to the child and to society at large. To ignore that, or not acknowledge it, does not do the adoptee any favors.

I also think that issues like extended family and the climate of where the child is going to live needs to be taken into consideration. If Grandma and Grandpa are card carrying KKK members and will have regular contact with the adoptee, then perhaps adopting a child of a different race isn't the best idea.

But you're right, children could lose their culture and identity, so it's that much more important for the parents to do the legwork and make sure that it doesn't happen. Find role models, change churches, do whatever it takes.

I always suggest that someone who is considering a transracial adoption needs to go someplace where they are the only one of their race in the room and get an idea of what it feels like. It's an eye opening experience if you've only ever lived where everyone looks like you.

Stubby hashbrown

of course they should be able to

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Vikki Dreams

I think any child of any race or color has the right to be loved,cared for and to feel wanted.

Baby Princess

as an adopted child in a family with 8 adopted kids including me, i have 5 foster siblings that are not white, three of us are white. the thing is that, as much as i hate to say it and seem like a racist, but here in canada, there seems to be a lot of children in care that are not white... not saying this is the case everywhere... as for should they be adopted- ABSOLUTLY!! In my family we are all aware of our culture and where we came from.. heck, my native foster brothers even know what band they are from... i think it is great... it gives kids and adults a sense of every culture and to come to respect it

Serenity71

Welll i love in Australia so we have white people, black people Asian people and European. I knwo people who are Cucasion married to Asian and white married to black people. I love close to people of all different cultures and beliefs and still I'm able to have my own Aussie culture and beliefs. So why all the fuss over someone adopting a child of a different background to them.

Most people these days have some mixed race in them anyway. I've got English, Irish, French, Scottish, and distant direct relative who's Papua New Guinean. I outta be one confused person... But I'm not.

I'd rather have a family than starve in an orphange.

Trent

Should people still be allowed to ask questions like this?

Do children from an orphanage have a culture?

Tennis Girl

color has nothing to do with it. i would take a child of any nationality!

vibratingchocolatelove

Well yeah...should blacks not be allowed to adopt white kids? no! thats ridiculous!

Paisley E

identity issues? you need to educate yourself on adoption you have no clue what your talking about

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