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The adoption stories.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
The articles you presented in the "Making a Family" series (July/Aug. issue) concerning transracial adoption were eye-opening for me, and not in a good way. As a therapist and a member of a racially mixed family, I have tried to be open about adoption of any race by any other, as long as there is cultural sensitivity (and considering the alternative for some Black babies of endless foster care). However, your articles frightened me. One mother obsessed eternally over the beautiful color of her lovely child's skin; another (very complex and bright) young man was first adopted and then disowned because he claimed his culture and the skin he's in; and yet another Native American woman was outright abused, and there was not respect or sensitivity to her culture by her adopted mother whatsoever! These are the reasons why the Black social workers were against such adoption to ...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire May 12, 2004 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Chang, Richard January 15, 2001 700+ words
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Source: HighBeam Research, The adoption stories.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)