Is it easier to raise a child of a different race in this day an age?

Question

Is it not looked down on as much and do those children get picked on as much?

Answer 1

Yes. I think it's becoming easier and more accepted.

Answer 2

I think it is easier now. When I was growing up in the '70s, it was unheard of to adopt a child of another race, plus there was much more informal segregation. People are changing though, and the few racists still around are ever more marginalized. Most people in this day and age, in the US anyway, don't care what color your child's skin is.

Answer 3

I adopted two African American girls and I am Puerto Rican. The girls are 18 years old. I had them since they were babies, my babies. I got mixed reviews from the community at large but it counted the most within my family, my girls only experienced positive messages. They experienced love so much that when I was presented as their mom we did not acknowlege peoples reactions because we were comfortable as mother and children. They experienced love and if people had a problem with us it was not our problem it fell on them not us. I made sure we lived in a diverse enviornment. My family is full of diversity. I had people of open and clear values in our world. They knew they were adopted but never felt adopted....they feel comfortable in their skin because I as their mother feel comfortable in mine. Sure we had mixed reactions but the bottom line is who are they .....in my family color is a gift! I got reactions because I was Puerto Rican and when I asked my mom what color was I she said I am universal in color....we are color blind what color is the soul?