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Transracial Adoption

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Transracial Adoption
The adoption, usually of black, biracial or Asian children, usually by white adoptive parents or families


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Transracial adoption is a source of controversy Some feel that youngsters should be adopted by a family in which one parent shares the child''s ethnicity in order to promote positive self-esteem and racial identity Transracial adoption is a source of controversy.
In the context of transracial adoption, conforming to and following one's adoptive parents' religious practices was a mark of distinction that you were "getting along well" in your new home and "fitting in nicely.
It was painful, because while I perceived racism all around me, I didn't have people around me to talk to who had experienced what I was experiencing and who could validate and share my perceptions," said John Raible, a Black transracial adoptee and a professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln who specializes in transracial adoption issues.
 
 
 
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