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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can't force it---but for the sake of an adopted child he does need to get his act together.  That child--if presents as Black is going to need navigation guidance on all of these issues.  Even if the child is biracial, the world may see the child as black.  Or, if the child appears white presenting as an infant--may grow up to be more black presenting.  [/quote]

Agreed, though I’d add that even a child who stays very Caucasian or racially ambiguous needs to be aware that systematic racism still exists. Even a child of two Caucasian parents needs to be aware of that. Raising kids to think that was something we solved in the 1960s leaves them unprepared to recognize and address continued systematic racism today. We wouldn’t tell our children that systematic sexism was eradicated in the 1970s just because we personally may not be aware of having been held back in our careers by sexist superiors or charged a higher rate for a car by a sexist dealership.[/quote]

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