Dear Ann Landers,
ou have printed many letters on adoption in your column. I have read letters from adoptive parents, adopted chil-dren, unwed mothers who gave up their babies and even unwed fa-thers. But you have never printed a letter from a white couple who has adopted a child from a minority race. My husband and I plan to adopt a biracial child, and we are running into unbelievable opposition. Both his parents and mine are against it. Many of our friends say we are crazy and that we are looking for trou-ble. Frankly, we have given up trying to explain. They refuse to listen. Please tell me, Ann, are we foolish to want to give our love to an in-nocent child who starts out in life with two strikes against him? These little ones of mixed parentage are not wanted by most people. They are, in a very real sense, handicapped. We want the challenge. We feel we are equal to it. Will you give us a word of encouragement, please? -From Iowa

Dear Iowa,
You sound like a couple of beautiful, selfless, gutsy peo-ple with a great deal of love to give. The child who finds a home with you is fortunate. In my book, you two rate a 21-gun salute for your courage.