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Katie, I wanted to add: I stated that I thought there was a time that would be really hard for a minority child in a predominantly "white" community. I think that there is a time, short or not, that every child (teen) struggles. It is part of the human cycle of becoming mature and spreading your wings a bit, part of finding an identity. So I think whether you are adopted or not, resemble your family or not, popular/comfortable in your peer group or not; regardless of whether you have a healthy and supportive, loving family each child has his own challenges. Transracial adoption, like any adoption, is just another potential hurdle, that depending on the personality of your child, may or may not be an issue.