Why do white families adopt black children?

Many families struggle with the question Wells is facing: how do white adoptive parents help their children of color thrive? ... Goller-Sojourner, 43, a Seattle-based black author and playwright who was adopted by white parents and who is working on a book that is half memoir and half training exercises for adoptive parents. read more

(Or Asian children, or even Eastern European children) In the US: Many reasons, starting with availability/wait time. “White babies” are in relative short supply and go for a premium. So it's easier to adopt those “unwanted” non-white kids. My SIL adopted 3 mixed race sibs. read more

I’ve read that 8%* of white kids in foster care are adopted by black or interracial families and 2% of adoptions in general were of black parents adopting white kids. Caucasian families adopting black or brown kids is far more common-approximately 40% of all adoptions in the US are now interracial. read more

Adoption, regardless of racial dynamics, requires a level of patience, love and empathy, but a white person choosing to adopt a black child must first be willing to confront the passive racist views all white people hold, subconsciously or not. read more