Transracial Adoption Argumentative Analysis

In discussions about adoption, one controversial issue has been that transracial adoptions can cause challenges for adopted children. On the other hand, some say that family is everything, no matter the race. My own view point is that as long as these adopted children are getting the love, respect, and attention from their adoptive parents, they will be fine. Having all of that boosts up their confidence to the point where they should have no worries because like Melanie Freeman said, “family is everything.”ything.” Claiborne and Siegel argue that black children that are adopted into white families feel disconnected from both their culture and their black identity. They also state that white families who adopt black children should live in …show more content…
Although I agree with Freeman’s point, I agree more with Claiborne & Siegel conclusion that children still need to find that cultural balance. Even though Freeman showed that they are okay without any outside connections related to race and other things, I believe that those connections could help alot. I once believed that it doesn’t matter who the children are adopted by. I believed very strongly in this because I thought that as long as these children are being loved, accepted, and respected then that was all that mattered. After reading the Transracial Adoption article, I saw another side of the story. Children do indeed need to feel that connection with people like themselves. Yeah, at home it may not be noticeable that there is a color difference but out in the real world, people notice. The adopted children notice. And they also notice that they aren’t anything like who the people that look like them are like.
So in conclusion, I believe that to fix this problem, parents should provide cultural awareness for their children. They don’t necessarily have to be black for black children or white for the whites but that culture connection is key for helping them find their identity and place in the