So let's talk about these white evangelicals adopting black & brown kids from poor countries when there's plenty of children here in America they could choose from. So I was the weekend supervisor at a healthcare facility about 9 or 10 years ago. And I noticed a young Indian

coming up the hall to get her assignment from me. I had noticed her for a few months. Now, when I say Indian, I don't mean native but like the country India. This young lady was quiet, stayed to herself and was nice enough but there was something about her that was really sad

Also interesting about her was she was very, very urban. Like the most urban Indian woman I had ever seen. One time she handed me a record I needed to review because of an incident. We were in a conversation when she handed me the record. All I saw was the cut marks on her wrist

I'm a fast talker & I'm rarely speechless but she noticed I went from talking to her a mile a minute to nothing. She knew I was taken aback by her self injury. I went back to talking because I realized my intention was not to make her uncomfortable. Later, I was sitting in a

small office when by myself filling out reports when she came in & shut the door. I thought, "oh my, what's wrong?" So she basically said she knew I noticed her cut wrists and basically explained her history of suicide attempts & other mental health issues. She had indeed been

adopted from India by a white evangelical missionary family & grew up in a lily white area. As early as she could remember she was ridiculed for being different. I suspect she wanted to get as far away from that as possible which is why she was so urban. I think black culture

made her feel empowered and confident. Her live in boyfriend was black & she had a son. But she really didn't fit in with other black women & she didn't fit in with other people she'd met from her country. She seems to suffer a lot over this, feeling like she didn't belong to

anyone, anywhere. I had hoped she was successful in whatever she decided to do in life as she was about 10 years younger than me back then and had certainly suffered a lot but that's just one story I have about a POC being raised by white evangelicals. I'm not saying all are bad

but I haven't heard too many great things about black & brown people growing up like this.