Until white supremacy is dismantled pretty much every transracial adoption results in a non white child having to be raised by racist white people (whether they acknowledge it or not). This situation is especially worse for Black children.
Adoption (in a US context) has historically resulted in non white kids being taken away from their, often unwilling, bio family. You can't ignore this fact when discussing adoption. This is a big reason why I have mixed feelings over seeing white people adopt non white kids...
...because unless you're willing to do seriously self-reflection on your white-centered worldview, you're likely going to raise your kid with views that result in internalized self-hatred wrt to their non whiteness
This is speaking from personal experience of my own transracial adoption, but also that of a ton of other transracial adoptees that I know.
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