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Originally Posted By Victor & Machel

We are two new white parents, who've adopted two black boys. We do not know what the political correct words are for a family like us, we are very new in our country to do this.

We would like to communicate with other parents who have more experiece than us, and we will share our whole story with them.

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Originally Posted By Dia

I have a white biological son who is 4 years old and an adopted african american daughter who is 2 years old. For the entire first year I referred to her as african american until I was finally corrected by a black friend who said "O.k. girl thats enough with the african american, you can just call her black." I think it depends on the area that you live in. Listen to how blacks in your area refer to each other. In our area, blacks call each other black and white call them african american. I feel comfortable calling our daughter black. Just try them out and see how you feel......you'll figure it out, I promise. Either way, they will know they are loved. Dia

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Originally Posted By Yvette Nerina Wocke

Hi Victor and Machel,
I've also recently adopted a coloured boy from the children's home where I work.I would love to hear from you and become friends, as a lot of support and help is needed as society sees our little families as different.My e-mail address is ynwocke@yahoo.co.uk and my cell phone number is 082-934-3117.

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Sarah and Ben

Hi,

We are an English family that adopted while living in South Africa,
and are now living in the States.He came to us as a foster baby that had been abandoned at the hospital, to cut a long story short almost three years later we adopted him after taking the government to constitutional court and changing the law on international adoptions.

We would love to hear from anyone who has adopted from south africa.