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I have a bio son who is White (6) and a daughter (3) who was adopted when my son was three years old. He loves her so much. The kids in his class (of all ethnicities and races) love her. She gets extra love and attention from the AA kids in the class, and I just see that as her being set up to have a support system of older AA kids once she's in school.
I am sure that there are people who see our family and have a problem with it, but the response we see is almost entirely positive.
We are mostly in our neighborhood, which by now has had three years to get used to us (if they needed to - transracial adoption is quite common here). Sometimes we get a double take if we go to new area, but that's it. If people stare, I have learned how to look them in the eye and smile.
And I agree with the previous posters who warned against adopting a biracial child if you are not comfortable with full AA. I think there are often trickier race issues to confront as a biracial child grows up.
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