The Adopted Black Baby, and the White One Who Replaced Her
- 6 years ago
The Adopted Black Baby, and the White One Who Replaced Her
“Listen carefully,” Amy recalled her mother saying, “because I’m only going to tell you this story once.”
It was around 1970 in Deerfield, Ill., and Ms. Sandberg told her youngest child a closely guarded secret about a choice the family had made, one fueled by the racial tensions of the era,
that sent a black girl and the white girl that took her place on diverging paths.
“There were no people of color in that community at all,” Ms. Smith said, adding
that “when white people have to deal with black people, I think, there’s a misperception of who we are, what we stand for.”
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She greeted the news that she had been given up by a white family by telling Ms. Roost
that she held no hard feelings, and would not have wanted to be raised by white parents in a white neighborhood.
“When I found out she had been adopted by a black family, I assumed her life probably wasn’t as good as mine,” Ms. Roost said.
“Listen carefully,” Amy recalled her mother saying, “because I’m only going to tell you this story once.”
It was around 1970 in Deerfield, Ill., and Ms. Sandberg told her youngest child a closely guarded secret about a choice the family had made, one fueled by the racial tensions of the era,
that sent a black girl and the white girl that took her place on diverging paths.
“There were no people of color in that community at all,” Ms. Smith said, adding
that “when white people have to deal with black people, I think, there’s a misperception of who we are, what we stand for.”
Join a deep and provocative exploration of race with a diverse group of New York Times journalists.
She greeted the news that she had been given up by a white family by telling Ms. Roost
that she held no hard feelings, and would not have wanted to be raised by white parents in a white neighborhood.
“When I found out she had been adopted by a black family, I assumed her life probably wasn’t as good as mine,” Ms. Roost said.