The Role Of Racism In The Adoption Industry

Although race is a social construction it has had serious effects on the daily life of individuals. Many individual think that racism is something at a personal level, through individual interactions. However, racism is something which affects minorities at a systemic level. It affects every aspect of society but individuals often don’t see how deeply invaded racism is into the system. One of these systems is the adoption process. The adoption industry is one that has biases because of the society which it has built around.
Through the interview process, there were various commonalities. Although each one had a different point of view due to their background and experiences. The interview subjects came from diverse backgrounds, due to their age, race, ethnicity, religion, and just general live experiences. …show more content…
He has traveled through different part of the country due to his occupation. He also is the godfather of numerous children from the democratic republic of Congo. His Caucasian friends adopted children from the republic of Congo so he has some experience with the adoption process; however, he was still not very well informed of the logistics of the process. Through his exposure to the diverse family of his close friends, he did not view a couple adopting from outside of their racial or ethnic identity as abnormal. He actually believed that it was the norm. interviewee 1 also was exposed to these types of adoptions when he lived in Chicago. he did believe that the adoption industry is not universally available to all populations in the United States. There are certain innate biases. Private organizations are able to have these biases and are not scrutinized thought the government. On the other hand, governmental organizations actually have someone or something to respond to so these public organizations might not as openly discriminate to certain