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White Parents, Black Children
Experiencing Transracial Adoption
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2011
Summary
White Parents, Black Children looks at the difficult issue of race in transracial adoptions—particularly the adoption by white parents of children from different racial and ethnic groups. Despite the long history of troubled and fragile race relations in the United States, some people believe the United States may be entering a post-racial state where race no longer matters, citing evidence like the increasing number of transracial adoptions to make this point. However, White Parents, Black Children argues that racism remains a factor for many children of transracial adoptions. Black children raised in white homes are not exempt from racism, and white parents are often naive about the experiences their children encounter. This book aims to bring to light racial issues that are often difficult for families to talk about, focusing on the racial socialization white parents provide for their transracially adopted children about what it means to be black in contemporary American society. Blending the stories of adoptees and their parents with extensive research, the authors discuss trends in transracial adoptions, challenge the concept of 'colorblind' America, and offer suggestions to help adoptees develop a healthy sense of self.
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Copyright year
2011
ISBN-Print
978-1-4422-0763-9
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-0764-6
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
162
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Foreword No access
Acknowledgments No access
Chapter 1. Transracial Adoption: Considering Family, Home, and Love and the Paradoxes of Race Matters No access Pages 1 - 16
Chapter 2. Contextualizing Transracial Adoption: Demographic Trends, Introducing the Families No access Pages 17 - 32
Chapter 3. Transracial Adoption, White Racial Knowledge, and the Trouble with “Love Is Enough” No access Pages 33 - 56
Chapter 4. Research on Transracial Adoption: What Do We Know? No access Pages 57 - 78
Chapter 5. Cross-Cultural Race Pioneers: White Adoptive Parents Learning and Not Learning about Race No access Pages 79 - 96
Chapter 6. White Parents TeachingBlack Children about Race No access Pages 97 - 110
Chapter 7. Addressing Race withYour Children: Practical Advice for White Adoptive Parents No access Pages 111 - 124
Appendix A. A Note about Our Methods and Methodology No access Pages 125 - 132
Appendix B. Transracial Adoption in the 2000 Census and the National Survey of Adoptive Parents (2007) No access Pages 133 - 138
