Ethical Issues In Transracial Adoption

Ever wonder what adoption is like? There are many opinions about how people should view adoption and how they view it themselves. This is an ethical issue because many people view this differently according to their race, religion, family and even society can influence the way you view how adoption is too a person, There are two sides with ethical issues so in this paper, I will show you both sides of adoption.

This essay will address the ethical dilemmas faced by social workers and how they address these ethical dilemmas when working with service users and carers. It will be illustrated that codes of practice and codes of ethics are of paramount importance when dealing with these dilemmas as they are ones that guide social workers as to how they should try and solve these dilemmas.

In 1972 the National Association of the Black Social Workers opposed adoptions of another race. This issue expanded efforts among adoption practitioners and policymakers to bring about more same-race adoptions. Then, in the 1980s, efforts increased by transracial adoption advocates to remove race and ethnicity as considerations. Results of experiential studies have varied and are often surrounded by limitations.

The purpose of this research paper is to examine laws regarding adoption in the state of Tennessee, which follows the Tennessee Code Annotated § 36. This law regulates who may be adopted, who may adopt, and the procedures that must be followed in order to complete the adoption process. In order to do this, we must first define adoption according to the legal standpoint which is “In family law, the legal process that establishes a parent/child relationship between individuals who are not related by blood” (Webster’s New World Law Dictionary). There are numerous forms of adoption that can take place depending on the situation of the child that is up for adoption as well as the prospective adoptive parent or parents situation. It can be a time

There are eight different ways of adoptions. Some are adopting through an agency. Adoption agencies can be public or private. One of the other types of adoption involves a direct arrangement between birth parents and adoptive parents. Another way to adopt is by adopting through identification. Children being adopted from a foster home must be ages four and up. African American children are commonly placed with African American adoptive parents. A single person an adopt a child. Single parents adopt the same reason as a married couple. They adopt because single

"Being a [multiracial] adoptive family can be a culturally rich experience if the family chooses to embrace their diversity and seek out opportunities to expand their cultural horizons." (Kruger). Adoption is a very heartfelt subject that is shared all over the world. Interracial adoption is a type of adoption that has made itself more well-known across the nation. There are also many issues that have evolved with this topic such as being socially shunned for adopting outside of the designated race. The issues with interracial adoptions are the people, the history, and all of the racial differences that come along with interracial adoptions.

For many people, adoption is the only choice when it comes to having children. Once someone chooses adoption, however, there is always more than one option available. It is important when choosing adoption that each person involved is educated on the topic. There are three main types of adoption: confidential, mediated, and fully disclosed. “In up to 90% of domestic infant adoptions, adoptive parents maintain some contact with birth parents. It's considered best practice because most women want to know what happens to the child and the child wants to know family history” (Koch, 2009). Even though the adoptive parents may not create a strong bond with the child, an open adoption is better than one that is closed because children respond

Transracial adoption is known as the act of placing a child of one race or culture with adoptive parents of a different race or culture. This practice is also known as interracial adoption. Typically, this involves White parents adopting children of color. This practice has taken place domestically in the United States since the 1950s, due to a decrease in the amount of White children available for adoption. Around the same time international adoptions also became more common, due to the magnitude of children left as orphans after World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Recent statistics demonstrate the rise in domestic and international transracial adoption, with domestic transracial adoption increasing from around 1,000 in

To understand some of these issues, the focus will primarily be directed towards how the law views same-sex adoptions. An analysis will compare and contrast on the upbringing of children who have been adopted and the

When a white Minnesotan couple adopted their African-American child in 1948, they opened the door to a social debate that would span decades (Hawkins-Leon 1239). This first act of transracial adoption [TRA] instigated conversation on whether agencies should limit child placement to same-race matches or extend placement to interracial matches. It questioned the appropriateness of crossing racial lines. Today, TRA occurs more often than it did in the 20th century. This frequency calls to attention a need for conclusion of the dispute. While race occupies a defining space of a child’s identity, the need for a family supersedes the need for same-race matching, and calls for the acceptance of TRA.

Adoptive parents often decide to go with international adoption due to absurd argumentation. This leaves thousands of children in the United States adoption system; unfortunately, these children cannot stay in the government funded system

In the beginning, International adoption programs in poor nations like that of Ethiopia, started with a few honest humanitarian adoptions, rescuing orphans from hopeless circumstances. However, once the news of an overflow of healthy adopted children out a specific country reach Western countries, expectant parents that desire healthy children begin to sign up for more children than the small, poor country can adequately supply. As a result of these demands,

What is adoption and what does the adoption process consist of? Adoption is a process in which children become part of another family legally. In 1997, the Adoption and Safe Families Act was passed. The act aimed to clarify the health and wellness of children in the foster care system, as well as move them more quickly to permanent housing. “With the passage in 1997 of the Adoption and Safe Families Act, increasing numbers of U.S. children are being adopted. In 2001 alone, 50,000 children in the child welfare system were placed in adoptive homes” (Schweiger & O’Brien, 2005). However, there is a strict adoption process to go through when considering adoption. “The adoption process, involves discrete steps or stages including: changing case plan goal from reunification to adoption, terminating parental rights, identifying a resource family, trying placement in an adoption family, and finalizing the adoption” (Billings, McDonald, Moore, & Press, 2007). There is a criminal background check for prospective parents as well as a home study.

Description of Adoptive Families. Adoptive families are becoming a very common thing in today’s society and it is not uncommon to run into adoptive families while working in the teaching field as an early childhood educator. “Adoption is the legal process whereby a person or persons become a child’s legal parent or parents.” (Gov.nl.ca, 2016) Adoption can be done locally or internationally, “Many Canadians are choosing to start or expand their family through international adoption. Canadians adopted 2,127 children from abroad in 2009, continuing an upward trend for a third consecutive year.” (Statcan.gc.ca, 2015) Whether adoptive parents are looking to adopt locally or internationally, adoption can be both an exciting and difficult process.

     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