“We need this. Talking about adoption, birth families, and loss is critical to the well-being of adopted children, yet there are very few resources that specifically support parents of color and their children. Adoptive parents of color are often relegated to a secondary position relative to white transracial adopters. In conversations about transracial adoption, you hear ‘Well, if that child was with a family of color…,’ as if same-race adoptive families don’t face any challenges. Or families of color are framed as doing some kind of charity work, encouraged to ‘step up for children of color.’ The dominant culture of adoption focuses on the needs of white parents. In reality, the majority of adoptive/foster/kinship placements are with people of color. Lack of acknowledgement of this reality leaves adoptive parents of color without community as well as vital opportunities for relevant education.”