Arguments Against Interracial Adoption

Others state that “race should be no barrier to finding a child a loving family and adoptive family”. One in five children waiting to be adopted are from an ethnic minority. Last year around 2,300 children were approved for adoption. Of those children 500 of them were either black or asian. Some adopted children state that growing up in a family you weren’t born into was more difficult than they thought. You never knew your ethnic background. It also always raises questions for a child about where they fit in or who they are. It becomes very pointed out if you are visually different from your

Tonight in class we talked about whether or not white people should be able to adopt children of another race, and I am torn with this. Sometimes these children are in a very bad situation and need anything other than what they have, and in some cases the anything is better than nothing. I do think that there should be some educational courses that the adopting parents should have to be will to undergo so that they are aware of what racism is and how it works. This class would be a good example of some education that should be required.

Shirley Wilder was rejected from foster care because she was black. The system failed to place children of color into these homes because they weren’t white, Catholic, or Jewish. I cannot even believe that this went on years ago. Just because you are of a different race meant that you could not

In Hugh Muir and Joanna Moorhead’s article “The Truth About Inter-Racial Adoption”, they argue that a plethora of ethnic children are fixed in the injustice adoption system due to the “shortage of minority families seeking to adopt” (Muir and Moorhead 1). The article considers issues surrounding inter-racial adoption in Great Britain where one in five children to be adopted is from ethic minority with a wait that is three times longer than their white counterparts. In fact, “20% of the ethnic minority” adoptees are never placed in adoptive homes due to the problematic adoptive system in Great Britain (Muir and Moorhead 2). This issue has attracted interest between both Muir and Moorhead who seek to understand why there is such a high amount

Robert Dale Morison, a parent who has adopted a son of a different race, professes the root of racism could easily be eliminated, stating, “The quickest way to end racism would be to have everyone adopt a child of another race. Mo matter what your beliefs, when you hold a four-week-old infant, love him and care for him, you don’t see skin color, you see a little person that is very much in need of your love.” Interracial adoption isn't about the color of the child’s skin, it is about the love they will be given in their new home and that they will still be able to learn about their culture in a safe and loving environment. The most important factor in interracial adoption is that the child has a permanent and loving home.

To the thousands of children in foster care, adoption means being part of a family. Adoption signifies a chance to be loved, wanted, and cared for properly. Every year thousands of children enter the foster care system. In the year 2010 alone, 245,375 children entered foster care, of that number over 61,000 were black. An astounding 30,812 black children were waiting for adoption in 2010 (AFCARS). With so many children needing homes, it would seem their adoption would be open to any and all loving families, yet this is not the necessarily the case. Transracial adoption, which traditionally alludes to black children placed with white families, is riddled with difficulties. While transracial adoption can be a successful solution, many

Great post. Reading your post on the multiracial culture made me reflect on the multiracial individuals in family. It does appear that there is an increased acceptance of multiracial individuals. However, when it comes to adoptions of multiracial children or trans adoptions the issues I would imagine run a bit deeper and possibly more complex. The couple or individual adopting a multiracial child or transadoption is truly a beaufil spirted individual. Not only will they deal with the stares, questions, stigma and in some cases, being ostersied by the family, the child will most likely have questions and issues. There are a number of ways parents can help to culturally educated their bi-racial or transadopted child by introducing their culture

In 1972 the National Association of Black Social Workers (NABSW) passed a resolution, which said, “Black children should be placed only with black families whether in foster care or adoption. Black children belong physically, psychologically and culturally in black families in order that they receive the total sense of themselves and develop a sound projection of their future.... Black children in white homes are cut off from the healthy development of themselves as black people.... We have committed ourselves to go back to our communities and work to end this particular form of genocide”(Silverman). Since then, family scientists have conducted extensive research on whether the negative affects of transracial adoption is as detrimental to the development of racial identify in children as the NABSW claims. Ultimately, many have come to the conclusion that it is better for a child to be in a loving family, regardless of race than to be orphaned. In this paper, I will outline arguments both for and against transracial adoption as well as offer suggestions on how parents can foster the development of a racial identity in their adopted child.

The text is presented in an easily readable way, and is extremely thorough. Annotations are abundant and provided page by page. The author states that adoptive parents must be open to transracial adoptions when same-race parents are not available. This is extremely pertinent due to the fact that black and minority children are statistically significantly less likely to gain adoption than white children in their same shoes. The formatting could benefit from clearer division of topics.

As the ethnic adoption has developed for a long time and the majority of people would like to accept the bridge of race relations, so we should realize that the positive effects on ethnic adoption to the child’s development are more than the negative ones. First of all, adopted children were adopted at a very young age and taken to a place which is far from their hometown. It means that children would accept various cultural educations. Cultural education of racial recognition to children at a very young age is a long term effect on their development, and how to treat the multiculture can influence their personality and behavior of knowing about the world. As Ashford, and Lecory(2012) stated that social workers and parents can help children to find ethnic physical personalities and develop their own positive analysis about ethnicity. Different areas have different culture, so they would know more from the multicultural environment. As a result, these children’s development will be influenced by abundant culture. Berry(2005) argued that if people want to live in more positively, a good multicultural ideology is a correct solution. Secondly, many children lost the family warmth because they were abandoned by their parents for different kinds of reasons. Although they would be taken care by the welfare house, the can not get the same family

Families can be treated like they are doing something great or they can be treated as if they had done something wrong. A lot of old school people view interracial adoption, along with any interracial families at all, as something that should not be done. They think this way because it was not socially acceptable when they were younger. The older generations were more likely to grow up on racism and cruelty to anyone that is different in some way. Interracial marriages and families are on the rise, as the newer generations continue to stray farther from the older

The older adopted child is a unique case of adoption where the child is of school age. The definition of what constitutes a case of older child adoption has changed numerous times over 20th century, but school age is currently the definition for an older child. This means children as early as five years old are considered difficult to place due to their age. Children who are considered a difficult placement are classified as special needs, even if they may or may not have any physical or mental disability. Other categories of special needs include transracial children and children who have a developmental disease. There has been an observation in recent studies that have shown the older a child is, the more likely they are to have behavior problems, as well as an increased chance of disruption in a family. The acceptability of older child adoption has only been recent, as older child adoption was rallied as acceptable by adoptive families. The claim that older children are adoptable is an extremely valid point, as in no way are these children different from any child who would be considered normal. This study shows how the mentality of an older child can effect an adoptive family, as well as how often disruptions occur and why they occur.

Previously, I thought that adoption was easy, but this course has taught me that it is not as simple as it seems, and there are many different issues that need to be considered. Adoption is an amazing gift to couples who are unable to have children. There are many problems that couples face when they cannot conceive. It is heart-wrenching for couples who need to endure years of trying, years of hoping, only to see their efforts failure or end in miscarriages. Thankfully, God has made it possible for childless couples to become parents. Though you and I may take fertility for granted, it is important that we stop and think about this for a moment. Adoption hasn’t always been accessible or possible. Adoption agencies haven’t always existed in every region, just waiting for couples to knock on their door. For many centuries in human history, couples had to come to terms with the fact that if they were unable to conceive, they would have to live with the consequence, period. Many children desperately needed to be adopted, and were stuck in oppressive situations. They faced long, difficult, and even tragic lives. Many would bounce from home to home in the foster system and many would stay in government care. As these families are formed, not only is it important to learn new heritage, but also it is equally important for adoptive children to be informed of their biological heritage as well. Adoptive parents have an obligation to disclose all pertinent information to their adoptive children, to include the identity of their birth parents.

couples have adopted a much wider diversity of children from other countries, from other ethnic groups. A question is what impact is this having on the development and racial identity development of African children. Adolescent who are adopted very early in their lives are more likely to have positive outcomes. The majority of adopted children including those transracially adjust effectively (Santrock, 2014. p.290). Transracial adoption has been surrounded by controversy and criticism which have declared that African children in White homes were cut off from the healthy development of their identity. Parents must protect their children against the racist’s insults and practices. They should empower and give African children the understandings and tools of the racial challenges of this world. This will prepare them with positive strategies to engage inevitable situations that they will encounter throughout their

are even more of a special case in the racist's mind than just an African American