I'd read as much as I could to be prepared and to ask yourself if this could work for you. it doesn't work for everyone-love is not enough, there are other things you must commit to. the goal is to raise black children that can relate to other black children.
here's a website with a ton of info on transracial adoption ( www.pactadopt.org).
I think that there is a need to ask yourself a number of questions such as whether you have black friends now, if not, why not? Are there blacks in your neighborhood? If not, why not, and why did you pick this neighborhood? And so on. best to do much of this selfexamination now, imho. good luck!
Lisa
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-first time amom to dd, born 7/7/04
-placed in our arms by a very loving bmom 7/9/04
-bfather's rights terminated 9/7/04
-just connected with bdad!!! 2/9/05
-visited bfamilies for a week, awesome trip 6/05
-bfather signed legally binding open adoption
agreement 7/05
-finalized (woohoo!) 18th of November 2005
-Thinking about adoption #2!
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