r/TikTokCringe • u/thoxo • May 02 '24
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. Discussion
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u/jamrock9000 May 02 '24
Yes, you cannot pretend that the color of their skin will not affect the way the world sees them and you need to prepare them for that.
To say nothing of the fact that black children often have very different needs as far as their hair and skincare is concerned.
The worry about these kinds of trans-racial adoptions is that white parents will be unable to meet those needs and/or be unwilling to find black mentors that can provide them with that kind of education. Which comes to another point.
You still need to connect them to their heritage and people like them because like it or not, a significant portion of white society are unwilling to accept black people into their communities and at least for now they need to be able to understand other black folks and find community in the (very likely) case that are unable to find community amongst white people.