http://christian.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/growing-up-black-in-a-white-culture Adoption from a Christian perspective - Topics include: religion, faith, prayer, and Christian adoptive parenting. Sat, 08 Aug 2009 10:09:51 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://christian.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/growing-up-black-in-a-white-culture/comment-page-1#comment-219 Peanut Fri, 15 Sep 2006 21:14:14 +0000 http://christian-ad.www.adoptionblogs.com/2006/09/15/growing-up-black-in-a-white-culture#comment-219 We read this book while waiting for our son to be born. We are White & his Birth parents are Kenyan. This book had alot to do with our really making it clear to his Birth parents how much we desired them to remain actively involved in a truely open adoption. They were happy to do so. We have also called on good friends and family who are Black to assist us when it comes to racial issues, but we do live in a very white rural community. We drive our children 45 min to send them to a school that is more diverse, but it still is very white.<br /> While I feel I "got alot" from the book to help me in my transracial parenting, I do agree with the author when he describes himself as "extremely sensitive". I also noted he did not seem to share his complete experience with his adopted brother who is also Black. He did not seem to have an extra bond with him because of their similar experience being Black adoptees in a White family.<br /> I do feel parents should be prepared to be unprepared when adopting a child of another race. I also feel that it can be a wonderful positive experience. Welcoming my son has really opened my eyes to the world of White privledge that I took for granted. We read this book while waiting for our son to be born. We are White & his Birth parents are Kenyan. This book had alot to do with our really making it clear to his Birth parents how much we desired them to remain actively involved in a truely open adoption. They were happy to do so. We have also called on good friends and family who are Black to assist us when it comes to racial issues, but we do live in a very white rural community. We drive our children 45 min to send them to a school that is more diverse, but it still is very white.
While I feel I “got alot” from the book to help me in my transracial parenting, I do agree with the author when he describes himself as “extremely sensitive”. I also noted he did not seem to share his complete experience with his adopted brother who is also Black. He did not seem to have an extra bond with him because of their similar experience being Black adoptees in a White family.
I do feel parents should be prepared to be unprepared when adopting a child of another race. I also feel that it can be a wonderful positive experience. Welcoming my son has really opened my eyes to the world of White privledge that I took for granted.

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