You Do Know He's Black, Right?

Recently I came across an article posted a few days ago, since it is National Adoption Week.

In the UK, a young Black-man posed an article describing how he, a black man, grew up in a white household. His foster parents had to go through a much lengthier adoption process in order to adopt a child of a different race. His foster parents, Barbara and Eric had to fight to adopt the child that they fell in love with purely because they were white and he was black. 

"Their objections had nothing to do with moral fibre, financial stability or — perish the thought — the love the prospective parents had to offer. No, it was because I was black and they were white." 

Both Barbara and Eric were told that an ethnic match of an adopted child and their new parents was "desirable" for a family. Desirable? What exactly is desirable today? There are plenty of multicultural couples in the United States today! However, adopting a black child into a white family certainly defies the social norm.

This was not easy for people growing up to understand Ben's situation because it so greatly defies the norms in society:
"I have been called a coconut — an offensive term about being brown on the outside and white on the inside — more times than I care to remember by those from the black community who oppose my stance."

Now, even though this does take place in the UK, the same values can be seen in the US. How many white families do you see with a black child? It may not be desirable to the majority,  but to deny a family the right to adopt a child because of their skin color.... that is just wrong.

Read The Article Here!