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Originally Posted by Kat-L
My father wasn't the most tolerant man before I adopted Maire-Kate. After Maire-Kate's adoption, though, he changed a lot. However, he started calling African Americans "colored". He wasn't being mean-he actually believed he was saying the right thing. So if he was telling me a story and mentioned a "colored man", I would say "Well, what color was he?". That kind of got the point across and he said "What should I say?" and told him "black" would be fine.
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My dad used colored at first too! My step mother told me he was telling everyone at mardi gras (yeah he goes every year) that he had a new "colored" grandchild. I told her he better be careful or he was gonna get beat up 
My grandfathers friend also uses "negro" all the time and tells me where he is that what's correct...I tell him that would be correct if he was in Mexico, but I don't think so in Canada.
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10-11/07 - We complete all our home study visits, requirements, and paperwork!
12/17/07 - Our home study is complete and approved by the agency director.
01/27/08 - We get the call about a baby boy who is less than 24 hours old! We submit and get the call 1 hour later that we were chosen and should get on a plane!
01/28/08 - We are on the ground and Tyler is in our arms! He is less that 48 hours old
01/31/08 - We go to Court, all consents are signed and he's OURS!
02/07/08 - Back home in MA with Tyler!!!!
04/03/08 - 1st post placement visit with our SW.
05/25/08 - 2nd post placement visit with our SW.
07/08 - Final Visit and submit paperwork for finalization! Can't wait!
Decision to adopt till home with baby in arms ... ~6 months!
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