Imagine being a child without a family, wanting to live in a place to call home, and feeling incomplete because you have no place where you belong. Many children in foster care or orphanages face similar feelings. Children living in the United States often wait years to be adopted, and in most cases, minority children wait twice as long to be placed with families of their own ethnic origin. An article by Linda Johnson Price, president and CEO of Ebony magazine and also an adoptee, discussed the fact that there are approximately 500,000 children in foster care waiting to be placed in a home and that nearly 45 percent of these children are black ( Rice, 2007). It also specifies that the Department of Health and Human Services has studies showing that African Americans wait longer than any other race and that adoption experts say that black children are considered special needs children and that does not necessarily have to do with what to do with their mental or physical conditions. capacity (Rice, 2007). The number of minority children waiting to be adopted will continue to increase unless a solution is found. One way to address the long waiting process these children experience is to consider interracial adoption. This type of adoption refers to prospective parents who choose to adopt one or more children of a different race, culture, or ethnicity than their own. To address the disproportionate number of minority children waiting to be adopted, we must first consider the requirements for being a potential adoptive parent. The adoption process begins with choosing an adoption agency. Next, the agency will send someone to the prospective parents' home to gather information... halfway through the document... it will say that parents who adopt children of different ethnicities are unable to care for or educate their children. child simply because of cultural differences. The critics' opinion is justified because parents cannot teach the child to be of their race but they can provide love and raise them to become responsible adults. Ultimately we must consider what is more important, being able to find the child a loving family when race is not a factor or waiting an indefinite time to try to find a family of the same race. If you're thinking about what's more important, remember that for every twenty children in foster care at least nine are waiting an extended period of time to be adopted. All children deserve a loving home, and although we live in an imperfect society, our children should not feel like they are not wanted or loved..