Raising an African-American Child as a Single White Mother

Someone Like You

By Betsy Berne
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the February 2009 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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Classmates were teasing Betsy Berne's adopted African daughter for being different, but now her mother has suggested the perfect comeback.

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