'My parents adopted me straight from the Canadian hospital where I was born. They were on a long waiting list, and had a while to go before they would receive a baby. Then, out of nowhere, they got lucky. Another white couple were at the Toronto Women's College Hospital to pick up their new baby, and were disappointed when I was placed in their arms and they noticed my mop of curly black hair and my ethnic features. I was a healthy baby but I wasn't ... white. They no longer wanted me. My parents got a late-night call and, soon after, their first baby. (Introduction)