Would you adopt a black baby?

Question

I'm just wondering, if you were considering adoption, would you adopt a black baby? Don't think I'm racist, I would of course in a heartbeat. I'm just wondering why they are the babies/kids least likely to be adopted in US.

Answer 1

interesting that nobody has mentioned the needs of the child in these responses...or whether they are "equipped" to offer that child everything s/he needs. Its great that people are feeling benevolent towards the "other" but the level of cultural-centricism is a bit scary. To what degree are you able to raise and  empower a black child to deal with the cultural, political, historical realities of being black in America? Adopting a child should be about meeting the needs of that child and not anything else.

Answer 2

I think i would but i dont know what the percentage of  the amount of black parents there are trying to adopt children people tend to want to adopt children like them make them feel closer to them however i think there are more african americans who are in a lower class causing more parents to give up for adoption then to adopt *but im not racist* there are also more white people in this country however im sure that there are racist people out there who wouldnt want their child to be black and some people who arent racist but subconciously think a white baby is better. I think that i would because your child is your child despite how they look on the outside

Answer 3

I didn't adopt a black baby, but I adopted two school-age children from Africa.  

Transracial adoption does present certain challenges, but they are not insurmountable challenges.  Try teaching a child of a different race and culture how to respond to racial teasing in the US.  To say that "race doesn't matter" is an oversimplification.  Race does matter.  Maybe not to the adoptive parents, but it does to the child and to society at large.  And the adoptive parents need to be able to deal with it.  

Answer 4

Yes, I would, and I would adopt a child of any race. It's what best for the child.

Answer 5

I fostered a black child for about a year while his parents were having it out (they were abusive anyway), and eventually his aunt got his rights so he went with her. I would've adopted him if I could've, but I figured if he went with his aunt, at least he would know his family, who besides for his parents, were good, genuine people.

Answer 6

Of cause I would. I have no problems with race, or anything else.

However I have a full house at the moment, and I am Australian, but they are the only things stopping me.

Answer 7

If I were adopting a child race would be the last thing on my mind. Every child deserves a loving home. It saddens me to know some people do care about something so trivial.  

Answer 8

Of course!  They are just as innocent as any other baby.  Nationality shouldn't be an issue as far as adopting a child.

Answer 9

Yes yes yes yes yes. 100% yes. Absurd question. (i know that you're just wondering though :))

Answer 10

Without even blinking an eye...and I am with you...Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt annoy the h**l out of me by adopting all those kids from other countries other than US...now don't me wrong...my heart goes out of the poor children of other countries as well but if they arr so rich, why don't they use that money to help better those countries in need and adopt US babies....?????? Just my opinion :)

Answer 11

I would in a heatbeat. A lot of questions have been raised recently about adopting parents being able to raise a child of another race as well as parents of that race. I believe that it's about the parents open mindedness and willingness. If you are sure that you can love a child regardless of the race, then you can be a wonderful parent to that child.

Answer 12

i most certainly would!

Answer 13

The two before me said it perfectly. I would adopt a baby no matter what nationality.  

Answer 14

I am assuming, "would you adopt a black baby if you were of another race?"

Of course I would.

My sister adopted a black child, but I have to admit she gets stared at occasionally.  She and our family don;t seem to mind other people's ignorance, though.

Most people do adopt children of the same race.  Perhaps they think children in the future and them will feel more comfortable this way.

Anyone who adopts any child of any race has to be given credit.

Answer 15

I would and I did and I love my child and I always have. Our family is so different than I ever would have imagined it to be years ago. I have a different perspective on family and race and bigotry and love. I feel far more open minded than most people and I even think my friends and family have learned a lot and changed and grown from us having a black child. I do know one reason (at least this used to be true) that black babies are harder to get adopted and that's because black adults tend to not look to adopt as often as whites do. And probably babies that get put up for adoption in the first place tend to be more likely from poor and/or less educated backgrounds and this tends to be heavier black than white. Also there is no question that MOST people still want to adopt a child that will potentially resemble them, based on no necessary prejudice of their own. I think it is also easier for the child to at least somewhat resemble the parents for the simple fact that otherwise, the whole world knows the child has been adopted and there are times when this can present its own issues for the child. It is potentially easier for the child to be the one who decides if and when to let his friends, etc know he is adopted as opposed to just having the whole world automatically know.

Answer 16

what would make you wanna ask that

Answer 17

Certainly.  Race doesn't phase me in the least.  If the child needs a good home I would most certainly be willing to provide one regardless of skin color.

Answer 18

Of course I would.

My baby (in the future) will be half black.

Lol, but race doesn't matter at all.

Answer 19

Yeppers! I would in a new york minute!!

My children are going to be half-black, so why would I mind? LOL

I think any child, black, white, or whatever should be considered not by there skin color because they just want a mom and dad like everybody else =)