Adoption | Transracial Adoptions Should Be Encouraged
Kirsten Wonder Albrecht is the president of the TransRacial Adoption Group (TRA Group), an international organization that is dedicated to finding permanent adoptive homes for minority children and coordinating support groups for transracial adoptees and their families. In the following viewpoint, Albrecht contends that transracial adoptions should be encouraged because efforts to find minority homes for minority children are often unsuccessful and result in the child’s placement in foster or institutional care settings. She argues that existing transracial adoption practices...
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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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