Disadvantages Of Transracial Adoption

If race was taken into stronger consideration, the chances of getting adopted,would, for some, drop drastically, while, for others would increase. Another important point is that if transracial adoption more encouraged, the percentages of race adopted would even out. Today’s society has decided that it is more appropriate to raise a child of the same race and, consequently, only 20% of adoptees are African American, while 41% are Caucasian. Often times, a child will go for two to three years waiting to be adopted, if at all, and they are not always adopted by people of the same race. This is because interracial adoptions are becoming slightly more common, but there are still people who don’t think people are fit to raise children of another race. Even though adoptions wouldn’t stop all together, they would very likely decrease significantly if transracial adoptions

New York was the home of the first adoption agencies from 1910 to 1930. They were created by Clara Spence, Alice Chaplin, and Florence Walrath. All three women shared the same ideas, they felt as though children born “out of wedlock” should be given up for adoption to a husband and wife, completing the family (“Adoption History: First Specialized”).

Parents wishing to adopt have challenged the adoption laws regarding American-Indian children. For many decades, people wanting to adopt African-American children from disturbing situations have been put through several issues. A law was passed called the “Indian child welfare act” to end what was then a common practice. The state claims they thought that American-Indian children were better off in homes with non-Indian parents. A handful of recent lawsuits say the federal law and similar legislation at state levels make it harder to find stable homes for children. they’ve had many cases fall apart, because parents adopting don’t want the children. Most adopting parents believe it's unfair to them if they can’t adopt American-Indian children.

Transracial adoption the identity debate, is an immense concern because it confuses the child that they don’t belong to neither side black nor white. Because they have white parents, but the children’s race is black so they are in a confused stage that could affect them physiologically. The black child will end up wishing they were also white like their parents and will make them confused and not have a high self-esteem. Transracial adoption tends to have conflicting results toward the

1. Sub-Point 1: According to Kathleen Brumble and Charlene Kampfe, authors of the 2011 article “The History of adoption in the United States: A focus on the unique group of intercountry transracial special needs children” states that during the World War II era and all the devastations it brought made the American soldiers realize how many children were being left orphaned from the war. This soon started the adoption of European children.

Researchers started doing studies to figure out what the problems seemed to be. They separated the children into different ethnic groups to see if there was a difference. The results where shocking because they didn’t know it was as serious so the matter got deeper. When the results came back it showed that children of backgrounds such as African American or Native American they had a harder time of being adopted. The focus is now on these to ethnic groups due to the high ratings of their findings.

Bibliography: Berebitsky, Julie. " Adoption." Dictionary of American History, edited by Stanley I. Kutler, 3rd ed. , vol. 1, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2003, pp.

The Covert’s were not sure how their children would handle being raised in a white home when they grew older. After much research Brenda found mixed-race adoptions and same- race adoptions have the same success rate. She also found most children adjust well, and are happy in their family. Covert also read “Should You Adopt?” by Christine Field who believes children belong in homes with loving and accepting parents no matter their race or background. She also read many other books on transracial adoption, and received encouragement from their church family.

One very unique family in the article “Transracial Adoptions” by Ellen Herman says that “In 1904, [a] Mexican-American family adopted white orphans from New York through the Catholic church in their Arizona mining town.” (Herman). Unfortunately, the family’s outcome did not turn out so well because White-American officials ended up removing the children from the home. Now that America's history is evolving, interracial adoptions are more common and we are moving forward. Interracial adoptions have been here for many decades and the numbers have grown and hopefully, will continue to grow in many more centuries to

A child who is adopted is always a good thing, yet there are those who wish to return to the days of racial segregation when it comes to adoption. The “National Association of Black Social Workers, in 1972, likened whites adopting black children to ‘cultural genocide’” (Clemetson & Nixon, 2006, para 16), which is a completely racist view of how White people would poorly raise a Black child based solely on skin color. Their stance on interracial adoptions has changed somewhat in the last 40 years. The wording has been softened to a more politically palatable and sustainable “transracial adoption of an African American child should only be considered after documented evidence of unsuccessful same race placements has been reviewed and supported

The intense opposition of transracial adoption is evidenced in a multitude of different ways. During the initial phase of the adoption process prospective parents are discouraged from proceeding by the intake worker. They are constantly bombarded with the alleged difficulties involved in transracial adoptions and questioned about their motives for adopting (Adoption 85). Parents are accused of

Thesis: Transracial adoptees family situation affects many aspects of the adopted child’s life. Do these children have identity formation difficulties during adolescence and are there any significant differences between adoptees and birth children?

Child Adoption has been around for centuries. According to The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, the most recent number of national adoptions was last collected in 1992 and has not been collected since. The reason for this is that it is not legally required. In 1992, the number of adoptions that occurred in the U.S. was around 127,000. In total, there are 1.5 million children that are adopted in the U.S., which accounts for over 2% of all U.S. children (Donaldson, 2008). My sister’s adoption is considered to be transracial. That is when children are placed into a household that is of a different race. Only 8% of the total amounts of adoptions are transracial, which is pretty shocking to me. The website also offered the percentages of the most common ages that children are usually adopted. The most common age that children are adopted is under 1 year old, which is about 46%. Next are ages 1-4 at 43%, 5-9 years old at 8%, and over 9 years old which is only 3% (Donaldson, 2008). After reading these statistics, I decided to further research how the children of these varying ages may adapt as they are adopted at different ages.

When the average American citizen today thinks about the concept of adoption, what images are typically the first that come to mind? Although different people are sure to have equally as different experiences in this field, one picture continues to remain the most commonly-accepted. This image consists of a man and a woman who cannot have children of their own, a newborn baby, and a single mother who will certainly be unable to provide for the infant due to her young age, lack of financial support, or another variety of unfortunate circumstances. Making the decision to adopt a child is without a doubt one of the best options available for couples who are unable to conceive, but by thinking of adoption as nothing more than the fallback

     Adoption is metamorphosing into a radical new process that is both sweeping the nation and changing it. But this process is not an easy one, there are many steps to go through. Through research it is made a lot easier. Adoption is a also a highly visible example of a social institution that has benefits from and been reshaped by both the Internet and the exponential growth of alternative lifestyles, from single to transracial to gay. It is accelerating our transformation into a more multicultural society; even as it helps redefine out understanding of “family.” The process includes three main steps including a type of adoption, the techniques for location a baby for adoption, arranging