October 25, 2011 | 9:30 AM | By

Black Mom, White Sons

A disproportionate number of black children are available for adoption, and most transracial adoptions involve white parents and black children. TheGrio reports on one Georgia family who has confronted stereotypes and myths around race and adoption.


Mary Riley knows what some people have to say when they see her and her boys. But, the 68-year-old Georgia resident says simply: “I pay no mind to that.”

The stares, the occasional negative comments and the questions are a fact of life, she acknowledges, for as long as she raises them.

Riley, 68, is black and her three sons — Austin, Dustyn and Justyn — are white.

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