Transracial adoption, or interracial adoption is when a child is adopted by parents of a different race or ethnic group than themselves. It is quite popular within the United States, although adoptions of the same race are more common. According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, 47% of kids adopted in 2013 were white, while only 21% were black. Many people are working to raise the number of transracial adoptions, as it gives many more homes to kids of all races. Today, more than 40% of adoptions are transracial. Transracial adoption should be encouraged more within the United States, and other countries.
When a family decides to adopt a child of the same race, it hurts adoptees - the children getting adopted, by thinning the pool of those who might adopt them. Between 2008 and 2009 in the UK, approximately 2,700 white children were adopted. This sounds very good, but if one was to compare it to only 410 mixed-race children and only 90 black children being adopted, it is not a good ratio. Also, according to the Administration for Children and Families, more than half of the children entering the foster care system in 2013 were different races other than white. The average length of stay in foster care for African American children in 2012 was 29 months. 22 …show more content…
There are many reasons and statistics why transracial adoption should be encouraged, and some of them are heartbreaking. Kids are forced to stay in foster homes much longer, all because of potential adopters wanting to match their race. Also, when someone adopts or takes in a child of a different race, they may have to change around many factors in their life to benefit the child, to make their life as normal as possible. In the future, if people of the world learned to be more open to adopting kids of other races, then there would be less children in foster homes, and less kids waiting to be
When a family decides to adopt a child of the same race, it hurts adoptees - the children getting adopted, by thinning the pool of those who might adopt them. Between 2008 and 2009 in the UK, approximately 2,700 white children were adopted. This sounds very good, but if one was to compare it to only 410 mixed-race children and only 90 black children being adopted, it is not a good ratio. Also, according to the Administration for Children and Families, more than half of the children entering the foster care system in 2013 were different races other than white. The average length of stay in foster care for African American children in 2012 was 29 months. 22 …show more content…
There are many reasons and statistics why transracial adoption should be encouraged, and some of them are heartbreaking. Kids are forced to stay in foster homes much longer, all because of potential adopters wanting to match their race. Also, when someone adopts or takes in a child of a different race, they may have to change around many factors in their life to benefit the child, to make their life as normal as possible. In the future, if people of the world learned to be more open to adopting kids of other races, then there would be less children in foster homes, and less kids waiting to be