Transracial Adoption

[CCC]

TRANSRACIAL ADOPTION - A BRIEF OVERVIEW

Between 1968 and 1972, approximately 50,000 black and biracial children were adopted by white adoptive parents. At the time, adoption of black children by white families was thought necessary due to the increasing number of black children in foster care and the seeming lack of black adoptive families. In the early 1970s, transracial adoptions gained in popularity as the number of available white infants declined and the number of prospective adoptive parents continued to grow.

The practice of transracial adoption was severely challenged in 1972. At the national conference of the North American Council on Adoptable Children, the National Association of Black Social Workers (NABSW) issued a formal position opposing transracial adoption, citing concerns that such placements compromised the child's racial and cultural identity, amounting to a form of cultural genocide. The NABSW expressed concern that black children raised in white homes would fail to develop effective coping strategies to deal with racism and discrimination, and would experience subsequent identity conflicts as they grew older. The NABSW also challenged traditional adoption practices and raised questions about institutionalized racism within the adoption profession. They brought forward existing evaluation criteria for prospective adoptive couples that routinely prevented black families from qualifying, and stated that even though prospective black adoptive families did exist, adoption agencies were failing to recruit them and were, in fact, passing them over in favor of white couples.

The response from the adoption field was swift. There was an immediate drop in the number of transracial placements. Policy makers established laws and practice guidelines requiring adoptive parents to be of the same race as the child. Although white parents continued to care for black and biracial children through foster care, many states legally barred them from formally adopting these children.

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http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2000/first...ansracial.html

As far as I'm concerned, groups like the NABSW are short-sighted racist fools for opposing transracial adoptions. They ultimately hurt the children with their agenda.

[jojo]

No child should be forced to have parents of another race.

A childs race is part of her identity.

[CCC]

So you don't care if black children grow up without parents because of your racist views. Pathetic.

[jojo]

Originally Posted by CCC

So you don't care if black children grow up without parents because of your racist views. Pathetic.

Maybe they don't want a white Mammy.

[jojo]

Allan, are you gonna deny that a childs race is not part of her personal identity?

Aren't you a supporter of civil rights?

We're not talking about a fetus here dude. A fetus has no race.

[GanjaFreebird]

A childs race is part of her identity.

Not to the extreme point. I say that race is no more important than the color of your eyes or the color of your hair, and Dr. King agreed on that one too.

[GanjaFreebird]

Allan, are you gonna deny that a childs race is not part of her personal identity?

No. It's not about the color of the skin, but the content of the character.

Aren't you a supporter of civil rights?

Yes, but I'm more of a Dr. King supporter rather than Louis Farrkhan, assuming one considers him a "civil rights leader" anyways.

We're not talking about a fetus here dude. A fetus has no race.

Sure he does. However it's not important. Race has no relevance to me or to any other intelligent person. Why should anybody give a sh!t about race anyways?

[TheLateGreat]

A wise man once said...

You're just trolling jojo. Piss off.

[KOBE Bunny]

I don't identify myself by my race.

A child is a child and I think the majority of children would rather be adopted by someone of a difference race instead of rotting out their childhood in state custody or moving around in foster care.

[Mystlet]

I would think if studies show a child placed in a home of identical race do better, then they should do what is best for the child, unless an identical match cannot be arranged. But no child should remain without an adoptive family just because an exact match cannot be made.

It's sad when what's best politically overrules what's best for the children.

[fat mike]

A lot of our american blacks are mixed anyway-the whole thing is silly.
What racism does to children is one of the worst things about it-children are vicious and mixed families can become targets but it's better to have parents than not.
Stupid clueless people shouldnt be able to adopt at all-maybe there should be "cultural literacy" requirement. A black child will be expected by his peers to know certain things-i can see both sides of this mess

[jojo]

A lot of good could possibly come from this thread.

[jojo]

Originally Posted by GanjaFreebird

No. It's not about the color of the skin, but the content of the character.

Two different things.

Sure he does. However it's not important. Race has no relevance to me or to any other intelligent person. Why should anybody give a sh!t about race anyways?

I know it doesn't mean everything, but why does it have to mean NOTHING?

[jojo]

Originally Posted by jojo

Allan, are you gonna deny that a childs race is not part of her personal identity?

Aren't you a supporter of civil rights?

We're not talking about a fetus here dude. A fetus has no race.

I'm waiting CCC.

[86Dude]

Originally Posted by jojo

No child should be forced to have parents of another race.

A childs race is part of her identity.

To say I completly disagree is not a stong enough word.

[Mystlet]

Whoever said a child can't identify with their race just because his adoptive parents are of a different race? We learn much from our parents, true, but we learn yet even more from the world outside of our home.

[GanjaFreebird]

Two different things.

What do you mean?

I know it doesn't mean everything, but why does it have to mean NOTHING?

It can mean a little something, like, say I'm very attracted to half-black-half-white women...yes, phisically it makes a difference, just like different color of hair and eyes, but no more.

It has NO meaning other than the appearance itself, unless you tell me how are Black people and White people really different to the point that families can't be mixed.

[86Dude]

JoJo is like talking to a brick wall.

[jojo]

Originally Posted by 86Dude

To say I completly disagree is not a stong enough word.

You of all people. I don't get it man.

[jojo]

Originally Posted by Mystlet

Whoever said a child can't identify with their race just because his adoptive parents are of a different race?

I didn't say that.

We learn much from our parents, true, but we learn yet even more from the world outside of our home.

And it's perfectly alright to ne what and who we really are.

This should apply to children as well as adults.