Okay, all kidding aside, this is actually a very big issue in the US. African-American children have a much lower chance of being adopted than white children, and spend more time in the foster care system, which we all know can be severely damaging to cognitive and emotional development (and if you didn’t, I can give you some great books on the subject). Now, I completely understand that our adoption system in the US is horrible, and some people absolutely cannot adopt here. Growing up, I lived near a really nice, stable family who already had one child who was turned away from all the agencies because they were in their 40s. They eventually had to adopt a little girl from China. Like I said, not a huge deal, but if you DO meet the criteria for adopting in the states, why not do it? You would be doing our country a great service.
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