BaconBoy123

Ugh. This is a tough one.

Culture is a really interesting thing to me. Being raised where I was(the Ozarks of Arkansas) there's not a lot of black culture to begin with, and it's hard to say what is 'black culture' without delving into stereotypes like drugs, alcohol, 99 problems, etc.

That being said...I believe that your culture isn't something you're assigned with at birth. It's something that grows and develops as you grow and develop. I don't feel like I've lost anything because I never had it.

If I was adopted later in life, then maybe. But I still think that your culture is about you, not about people like you. Does this help?

Good luck in fostering/maybe adopting someday! It takes a big heart but it has a lot of benefits.

Yep! We just got engagement pictures done, here's one :)

http://i.imgur.com/u5uagNu.jpg

This is a tough one. In my high school I was one of like 5 black kids, and so I didn't really interact with any of them a lot until college.

Since college started, I've noticed that I don't really connect with them. I have trouble understanding them and that just is...so weird to me. I know I don't have an innate ability to understand 'ebonics' but it feels like I should.

To be fair my baseline for dancing is this: http://i.imgur.com/IZ5EsdJ.gif

Not positive, but my parents were foster parents to 5 or 6 children previously and so they were good friends with a social worker.

IIRC, my parents said the social worker contacted them like a month in advance and asked if they wanted me. spoiler alert: they said yes.