Promoting same-race adoption for children of color.
Soc Work
; 43(2): 104-16, 1998 Mar.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9528388
Opponents of policies that protect same-race adoption assert that children of color are languishing in out-of-home care because they are being restricted from entering transracial adoption arrangements. This article argues that transracial adoption is not necessary to ensure that children of color are adopted in a timely manner and sets forth alternative arguments around six issues: (1) policies favoring adoption by foster parents, (2) the availability of same-race families to adopt children of color, (3) the abundance of children in out-of-home care unavailable for adoption or with special needs, (4) disparities in child welfare services related to ethnicity, (5) misleading data on the numbers of children of color who are in foster care, and (6) poverty as an underlying cause of out-of-home placements. This article briefly presents the history of the transracial adoption controversy and discusses its current status; counters assertions typically used to oppose same-race adoption policies for children of color; summarizes the positions of several social work organizations regarding adoption and race; and makes recommendations for education, policy, research, and practice.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Relaciones Raciales
/
Adopción
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Protección a la Infancia
/
Grupos Raciales
/
Grupos Minoritarios
Tipo de estudio:
Guideline
/
Prognostic_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Límite:
Child
/
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Soc Work
Año:
1998
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos