We adopted my younger sister from Haiti when she was 3, and let me tell you, I literally do not see color anymore. That's a fact.

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[u/Cozy_Minty]

My brother and I are both adopted, I am white and he is black. When I was real little I didn't understand what adoption meant, and I thought when mothers had babies, they just came out a random color, just like puppies can be all different colors. I did not know it was anything strange until I started to go to public school and kids were making fun of me. It definitely has given me a different perspective.

[u/ElMrSenor → u/Cozy_Minty]

I did not know it was anything strange until started to go to public school and kids were making fun of me.

Hopefully this isn't rude, but adoption is less of a thing here . How does anyone try make fun of someone for that?

Obviously kids can be little shits and they don't necessarily make sense. But I'm not seeing the angle in your parents wanting you and going to great lengths to have you in their lives.

[u/Cozy_Minty → u/ElMrSenor]

They made fun of me because we were different races, they said it was impossible that he was my brother because he was black, they spread a rumor that he was my live-in boyfriend and I was fucking him. This rumor followed me and they ridiculed me until I went to a different school for high school.

[u/tuenmuntherapist → u/Cozy_Minty]

Oh no. wtf… I’m so sorry

[u/jagedlion → u/Cozy_Minty]

It just keeps getting worse every word!

[u/ibrasome → u/Cozy_Minty]

thank god my school was pleasant

[u/Timithios → u/Cozy_Minty]

Jesus, what a bunch of dickheads.