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Few parents of adopted non-white children spend much time thinking about their children's races. Maybe before they arrive, yes, but afterwards you're spending so much time parenting them that there's little time to think, "Dang. My child is ______." But they are not tokenists.
My daughters don't think about being non-white 99% of the time. They just live their lives. Like us, they mix with the people they want and race isn't an issue. When we took them to "cultural" events when they were children, they thought we were weird; they really wanted to go home and play with their friends. But we weren't tokenists for trying.
My mother rarely thinks about not being all white. Life's too busy. I don't sit down every day and consider racial issues when I'm checking the roll in class. I have stuff to do.
Think I'll turn down that crown, I have too much to do to go have it made.
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