Navigating race as a family

Nathan (l) and Mike (r) Daigneault at Alaska Public Media.Nearly 16 years ago Mike Daigneault and his wife decided to adopt from the foster care system. They are white. The children they adopted are black. This is the story of Mike and his oldest son, Nathan. Part of their conversation contains a racial slur that may be objectionable to some listeners.
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Mike: There’s a little bit of apprehension, just in more feeling like whether or not we’d be accepted by the black com