Interracial adoption is defined as “the joining of racially different parents and children together in adoptive families.” Same-race adoption is adopting someone as the same race as you. Traditionally, adoption has been a relatively straightforward procedure. Heterosexual, dual-parent households of the same race adopted most children. But, America is changing. Americans are becoming more tolerant of interracial adoptions. Interracial adoption, which usually refers to black children placed with white families, is filled with difficulties. America feels as if placing African American children to white families will destroy the child’s true identity. Interracial adoption can face many obstacles in each step of the process there is lots of successful solutions. Interracial adoption prevents racism, stereotypes and gives the child the opportunity to conform to different family cultures and traditions.
Interracial adoption was practically nonexistent many years ago. Most of the agencies placed children …show more content…
Interracial adoption rates grew rather slowly, but steadily throughout the 1960’s. By the 1970’s more than three thousand black children were being adopted each year by white families. 1971 was marked as the high point of interracial adoption. During this year, an organization by the name of National Association of Black Social Workers (NABSW) issued a statement that immediately ended this practice. This organization firmly rejected that interracial adoption was helpful. They believed that interracial adoption was an attempt by white families to “raise black children with white minds.” The NABSW doubted that any different race parent could give the child a sense of racial identity. Thus, the adopted child would never know exactly who they were. They flatly rejected the notion that a black child was not harmed by being adopted into a white
Interracial adoption was practically nonexistent many years ago. Most of the agencies placed children …show more content…
Interracial adoption rates grew rather slowly, but steadily throughout the 1960’s. By the 1970’s more than three thousand black children were being adopted each year by white families. 1971 was marked as the high point of interracial adoption. During this year, an organization by the name of National Association of Black Social Workers (NABSW) issued a statement that immediately ended this practice. This organization firmly rejected that interracial adoption was helpful. They believed that interracial adoption was an attempt by white families to “raise black children with white minds.” The NABSW doubted that any different race parent could give the child a sense of racial identity. Thus, the adopted child would never know exactly who they were. They flatly rejected the notion that a black child was not harmed by being adopted into a white