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I think, for me, I wasn't prepared for the snoopy questions that total strangers will ask about his adoption just because it's more obvious that a non-transracial adoption. People somehow feel like they're entitled to information. But, this really doesn't happen too often and, more often than not, in our experience, has occurred with much older people who, I'm guessing, don't know much about adoption. I've actually been surprised by how many people DON'T ask for more info when they meet us for the first time. I think, in our generation, transracial adoption has become much more common than even we realized.
We haven't experienced any overt racism yet (that I'm aware of), but I'm sure it will happen with time-probably once our DS starts school. Even though we're as prepared as we can be for it, it will be the "surprise attacks" when we're feeling comfortable that I think will be hardest for us (as Aclee said).
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