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I don’t love my parents because they are white, I love them because they are my parents.

I suspect the same would hold true for a black child adopted by a white family, or a white child adopted by a black family, etc…

I can see where some extra turmoil (that I as a white child being adopted by a white family would not have known) could arise for a time as the child grows a bit older, but if the parents act as a loving parent would then the turmoil would likely be short lived I think.

I suppose because of the fact that I am adopted, I always wanted to adopted as well (I never did, and I suspect now that I have five children I never will).

When having thought about adopting a child, skin color never once crossed my mind.

I could raise and love a child of any color with the very same love that I would a child that happened to share my skin color.

I think most people could.

I don’t even believe that it is ideal that a child of one color be raised by parents of the same color.

I believe first that it is ideal that a child be raised by the father and mother of their birth.

That is not always possible though.

Secondly I believe it is ideal that a child be raised by parents who will love and nuture them and assist them in growing into fine young men and women.

It seems to me, and maybe I miss something by being white and not really having an ethnic culture to identify with, that the goal should be to raise good persons. Not to specifically raise good black men and women, good white men and women, good American indian men and women, etc…

The race of the child, while surely not to be ignored, should be secondary to the character of the child that is being raised.

I was also involved in a program that was always looking for more Black men.

Nobody is “dwelling on the negative” here (especially since I know plenty of black folks who do take care of their own, but I also know plenty of black folks who don’t–that is just fact–yes, whites are guilty as well, but sadly we are beating them in this category) I am just going by actual numbers that I have been able to back from several sources. Also, based on my own past experience and the experience of people I know in the system, these numbers are not that far from the truth. What you mention here sounds believeable, but how can you prove it? As I pointed out, there are a few religious organizations that are investing time with these kids, but the one thing that I kept hearing (especially with one of the now defunct organizatins I was with was “We need black men.” This was in Atlanta.

“Informal” adoptions include family and friends raising kids without court intervention or knowledge.

I agree with you 100% on the above statement. As far as it being ‘easier’ to remove our kids — I don’t think so. If it was, we wouldn’t continue to hear/read horrendous stories about children being found dead due to neglect (at the hands of a parent or a parents spouse/significant other). In most of the cases that I’ve heard/read about, the parent(s) had been investigated in the past by CPS, which means that some type of neglect or abuse had been reported at an earlier date. With depressing story after story, all within a few months timeframe, in regards to abused/neglected/murdered children at the hands of parents, I am in full support of children being taken from neglectful and/or abusivel homes on a much more frequent basis. Yes, they will end up in foster care but chances are they will have a better chance of surviving.