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Dear Sugar, It's Black History Month and as we continue to celebrate, I want to address something very important, especially for those new to transracial adoption or those considering it. I was recently part of an online discussion about race...this was IN a transracial adoption group. I was shocked at how divided the members were when it came to the topic we were discussing, essentially: #blacklivesmatter. There was a debate about #alllivesmater vs. #blacklivesmatter, supporting police…

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‘They bluntly asked, ‘So, where is your real Mom? She didn’t want you? Is there something wrong with you?’ Everywhere I went, I stuck out like a sore thumb.’: Transracial adoptee says ‘it’s okay to grieve the loss of your birth family’ – Love What Matters Transracial Adoption, Love What Matters, Foster Care Adoption, Person Of Color, Adoption Stories, Adoptive Family, Adoptive Parents, Real Mom, Birth Mother

"I wasn’t white enough, but I also wasn’t black enough. I'd be in line checking out with my mom when cashiers would remind me to put down the grocery dividers between us. It was a constant reminder others didn't see me as belonging to my parents. Every birthday, I wondered if my birth mother thought about me. Every holiday, I wondered if she missed me."

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