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A compelling, informative look at transracial adoption through the words and experiences of families who have lived it. Includes the history of transracial and international adoptions, the current controversy, adoption procedures and obstacles, and more. Includes 16 pp. black & white photo insert.
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《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
Gr 9 Up-- The introduction to this book, which focuses on the adoption of a child of one race by parents of another race, explains some of the controversies surrounding such arrangements, e.g., whether Caucasian parents can successfully raise an African-American child, and should such children, for want of an African-American home, be allowed to languish indefinitely in the welfare and adoption system. Following the thrust of the controversy, Pohl and Harris center on black/white issues. No U. S. agencies or spokespersons for Asians, for example, are saying these children should not be adopted by white parents. The authors estimate that 36,000 children were awaiting permanent homes in 1990, and gently probe a system they believe is not working. The strength of this volume is its profiles of adoptees and families, which illustrate the bureaucratic nature of the problems. A modest reading list and glossary are included; research and sources are cited. This work will have older teens and adults thinking about race, and about family. --Anna Biagioni Hart, Sherwood Regional Library, Alexandria, VA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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In the 60's, whites adopted children of different races out of altruism, or simply to give a home to an available child; in the 70's, with birth control making white babies scarce, African- American social workers attacked adoptions of blacks by whites as ``cultural genocide,'' claiming with some truth that Byzantine rules and fee structures made it unduly difficult for blacks to adopt, and getting transracial adoption declared illegal in many states; the 80's saw successful challenges to such rulings; now, the burgeoning number of children in need--plus new understanding that early, permanent family connections are vital to healthy development--urges facilitation of all types of adoption. Meanwhile, despite the political debate, studies show that the racial mix is far less significant than other factors common to all adoptions--like the chance to develop a positive self-image. Here, Pohl and Harris present a lot of useful information, illuminated and exemplified by the experiences of a dozen families of various conformations, including international adoptions. Their phrasing, however, is often awkward, and their organization is poor, with frequent repetition of basic points. Still, a sensible and helpful look at a vexed and vital issue. Bibliography; glossary; source notes; index & b&w photo insert not seen. (Nonfiction. 12+)
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Gr. 9-12. Until the late 1950s, adoptions in which the children were of a different race than one or both of the adopting parents were very rare. In the aftermath of the Korean War, it became known that there were several hundred thousand children in Korean orphanages who had been fathered by Americans and had vir~tually no chance of being adopted in Korea. The successful efforts of many groups to find homes for these children in the U.S. began a trend that increased in the 1960s, as white parents began adopting black children, and in the 1970s, when Vietnamese children began emigrating. Pohl and Harris, two white mothers of adopted black children, chronicle the history of and controversies surrounding transracial adoption. Although they emphasize the positive aspects of the experience, they point out the problems that may be inherent in any adoption and are exacerbated when the culture of the adopted child is not respected and taught. They describe families in which integration has worked with minimal stress, families in which a great deal of counseling was needed to resolve problems, and families that never seemed to bond. They also discuss objections raised by the National Association of Black Social Workers, which opposes placing black children elsewhere than in African American families. Readers doing research on this topic will find well-organized material here. ~--Sheilamae O'Hara