I'm sorry is that headline a little too harsh? Perhaps a little to Jerry Springer or National Enquirer. Well hell, then let me know. Cause' those are the words that fell out of my mouth. Ware and his wife, Taniqua have adopted a White baby girl. They believe they appreciate their daughter, Marley, more because they adopted her after three failed pregnancies. So how do I throw water on that? I can't. But every time we go to an orphanage we see hundreds of African American babies with no home, no future. Every couple and adoption agency in the worldwide "adoption land" knows that the most sought after "prize", is a White baby.
All concerned also know that these White babies go to the most influential and financially equipped parents. DeMarcus is a well paid highly visible All-Pro NFL Football player.
Am I the only one who feels just a little sad that they made this selection if in fact the baby is White? Would I feel different if the baby was biracial? Perhaps it is the media and the agencies who don't constantly remind us of unwanted African American babies here in the United States, thus my angst at even the possibility that this beautiful little girl does not have some sistah in her.
Recent celebrity adoptions and the television infomercials constantly remind us of orphans around the world in Africa and little girls from China have flooded America. Don't tell me you haven't noticed.DeMarcus and Taniqua say they have two angels — one they hold each day, and one they can feel but never see or touch. A poem, “Angel in the Sky,” sits on the mantle in the living room. It refers to Omar Ware, who was stillborn in 2006 and cremated the same day. The Wares placed his ashes in a gold urn next to the poem.
To read more of their thought process, check out this NY Times article by Greg Bishop and tell us what you think.