[TXnMA]

The author clearly wrote, "my seven-year-old African-American daughter".

As you'll see in my own reply to PhiloBedo, below, I concluded that Naomi is adopted...

[PhiloBedo]

I am suspect of the parents motives, labeling their daughter , as if her complexion is more important than her character.

Could they be compensating, much like the Hollywood types that adopt minority babies as show pieces?