When I first saw this headline a few days ago, I didn't know the race of the child who'd been offered up for sex by his adoptive father, Frank Lombard. I felt relief and gratitude that this deviant had been caught and nauseated that anyone would adopt an infant to have an in-house sex slave.

But today, I find out that this perp deliberately sought a black child because he would face less scrutiny in getting his hands on a black infant [warning graphic]:

In the chat transcript, WRAL reports, "F.L." is asked how he got access to a child so young. "Adopted," he replied and said that the process was "not so hard ... esp (sic) for a black boy."

In the chat, "F.L." told [Det. Timothy] Palchak that abusing the child was "easier when he was too young to know what was happening and when he couldn't talk. ...He had a little too much Benadryl. Was knocked out." Source: Cops: Duke Official Offered Adopted Son for Sex, FBI Nab Frank Mccorkle Lombard in Internet Sting, CBS 13

This horror of a case plays into every suspicion, reluctance and skepticism of those us of concerned about cross-racial adoptions. Of course, on its face, it's not a rational apprehension.

Certainly, headlines and Department of Child and Family services offices are filled with biological and same-race adoptive and foster parents abusing children in their care.

But those of us who understand how insidious racism can be are cognizant of, and worry about, the possibility that white adoptive parents may have less-than-wholesome motives for adopting a black child.

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