NPR story on trans-racial adoption

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Pat L

May 10, 2005

I listened to the last half of this story last night.

Here’s NPR’s blurb from the above link site:

About a year ago, we aired a story about Suzanne, a single Chicago woman in her forties, as she attempted to get pregnant by in vitro fertilization. The procedure did not work. Shortly thereafter, Suzanne, who is white, decided she’d like to adopt an African-American baby — it’s called a “transracial adoption.”

Producers Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister, in association with Chicago Public Radio, followed Suzanne through the adoption process.

Hear Suzanne’s story in her own words.

As a couple who adopted and is also dong the IVF route, this is very interesting to us. Our adoption wasn’t trans-racial, however, unless you view Scandanavian -> Irish as trans-racial.

2 responses to “NPR story on trans-racial adoption”

j

May 10, 2005

I have a few responses to this. One of the more gracious responses is “great, i love babies getting adopted.”

But I also want to know (before I pass my divine judgment) what her motivation is. Why an African-American baby? Because they’re so cute? Well, so are Yorkshire Terriers.

What I want to hear is she has some connection to the black community. What I want to hear is she went to an orphanage saw “little Julie” and instantly fell in love with her.

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Pat

May 10, 2005

SHe makes a statement early in the piece that she’s open to adopting a non-white child because the waiting time is much shorter – which is true in our experience as well. There’s a bit more content about the challenges of trans-racial adoption in the piece both from the white and the black communities. It’s interesting stuff.

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