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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My boss, a white female, fostered and then adopted three young African American boys.  They all had the same white mother and three different African American bio fathers.  The African American boys had never experienced Christmas prior to being fostered and then adopted.

The sad thing is there are not enough African American foster and adoptive parents to take on African American children that are in very, very rough and dangerous home situations.

I believe there will be less cross cultural fostering and adopting by white families as a result of the Kapernick and Tuohy negative press and more poor African American children will be left in rough home conditions. Sadly Kapernick also disparages his white parents.[/quote]
1. If you have a white parent you aren’t African American you are biracial. Typically it is easier for biracial children to find placements than fully African American children. That’s at least what I was told when my husband and I sought to adopt from foster care (we are African American and White couple and were initially seeking a biracial child because our biological children are biracial). Kaepernick is also biracial. The reality is also that many adopted children have a complicated relationship with their adoptive parents irrespective of race and there are in fact many adult adoptees that are against adoption. 
2. The majority of children in foster care are White so it’s not crazy that most foster parents are also White. You’re basing a lot on knowing one person. The only White person I know who was in foster care had a very religious black couple for his foster parents. It was not a situation where his parents rights were terminated but he was with them for over a year and had no complaints about them other than they required everyone to go to church. [/quote]

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