Adoption | Same-Race Adoptions Should Be Encouraged
Many adoption advocates are in favor of increasing transracial adoptions to respond to the overrepresentation of minority children in the child welfare system. However, adoption expert Leslie Doty Hollingsworth contends that the promotion of same-race adoptions is a more desirable solution to the disproportionate numbers of minority children in foster care. In the following viewpoint, Hollingsworth argues that to meet the needs of adoptable minority children, policies and attitudes must be changed to encourage more minority families to adopt. In addition, she claims public policies...
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- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Should Adoption Be Encouraged?
- Chapter 2: Whose Rights Should Be Protected in the Adoption Process?
- Chapter 3: What Types of Adoption Should Be Encouraged?
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Chapter 4: Should Adoption Policies Be Changed?
- Chapter 4 Preface
- Adoption with Clear Familial Boundaries Is Best
- An Open Adoption Policy Is Best
- Adoption Records Should Remain Sealed
- Adoption Records Should Be Opened
- Policies Should Emphasize Family Preservation
- Policies Should Not Emphasize Family Preservation
- The Internet Should Be Used to Recruit Adoptive Families
- Internet Adoption Remains a Gray Area
- Chapter 4 Periodical Bibliography
- For Further Discussion
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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