overseas adoption

[tazzy]

hi
I'm new to mumsnet, and just wanted to say hi. I live in Ireland and have 2 great kids ds adopted 5 yrs ago from Thailand , and dd adopted 1 yr ago from Vietnam. i know the system in ireland is very different to that in the uk, but if i can be of any help to anyone thinking of going down this route i'd be happy to help. Nice to meet you all!!
Tazzy

BAAF are recruiting black adopters

BAAF

black (and dual heritage) adopters suport group in London

here

That's interesting Kristina, thanks.
I wonder if there is more need for black rather than asian or in our case oriental families? All good to know though.

i think that SS use the term black in the political sense...y'know, "not white"

but i thought it might be worth checking out anyway

Lol!!!
Of course I forgot, there are just 2 races in the eyes of some SS - white and not white!!!

I think that white is regarded as "neutral"!
I have come across some cases of non-white children being placed with white adopters whereas in the area at the time there were non-white adopters awaiting placement but they were deemed to" have a culture already"!!!!! They would of course have had an appreciation of what it's like to be in the minority, maybe dealt with racism etc etc