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First of all, that’s not my family to the right.

But, all kidding aside, why aren’t more black families adopting children?

My wife and I are looking into adopting a child next year. We have a son (who is our biologically) but, we also want to adopt a child. Where we live (Cincinnati, OH area), the adoption rate for black kids is so low that they are classified as “special needs” by children’s services agencies.

Even worse, in our area, we have some of the lowest adoption rates in the state. For example, the average adoption rate for African American kids statewide is 45%. In Hamilton County (Cincinnati area), it is 21%.

I would suspect that, in many other parts of the country, this is also the case.

I don’t really have a great point to make with this. I just wanted to spark a thought in your mind and ask that you consider adoption. There are a lot of black kids who need families so, I encourage you to get more information to see if you would want to take this step. Who knows, you might be just what a black child needs in his/her life.

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