Interracial Adoption Pros And Cons

In the 1970s, interracial adoption was approved by the supreme court, but was not common. It did not start becoming popular till more recent years because of views on same race families and society. Interracial adoption is the process of placing a child of different ethnicity or race with parents with different ethnic or race. In the world today, some people believe in keeping the race the same when it comes to adoption. They think this is the best option because of their strong belief in cultural identity. Cultural identity is the identity of belonging to a certain group/culture. This defines who we are and where we came from, which is very important in knowing and understanding yourself. Studies have shown that interracial adoption has been more beneficial than detrimental. In fact, a young black woman named, Sandi, shared that she was grateful for being adopted by white parents. She stated that she found it effortless in talking her way through the black and white worlds. In her own words “she describes herself as ‘bilingual’ because of her adoption” (Glazer 1037). Being bilingual helps with negotiating your way through things and also with more career opportunities. Interracial Adoption will work if the adoptive parents understand and maintain their kids’ cultural identity by educating their kids about the …show more content…
It involves the parents encouraging friendships with kids of the same race and ethnicity. This will provide their child with friends. These friends will help their comfortability and finding out who they are. Not only will it help with that, but it will help with developing communication skills and behaviors, which will be beneficial to them throughout their whole life. With more interracial friendships comes more diverse communities. The more diverse a community is the better it will be for the kid. Diversity is key in several things, especially interracial