In their voices : black Americans on transracial adoption /

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While many proponents of transracial adoption claim that American society is increasingly becoming colour-blind, a growing body of research reveals that for transracial adoptees of all backgrounds, racial identity does matter. Rhonda M. Roorda elaborates significantly on that finding, specifically s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Roorda, Rhonda M., 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]
Temas:
Interracial adoption > United States.
Adoptees > Family relationships > United States.
African Americans > Race identity.
Adoption interraciale > États-Unis.
Adoptés > Relations familiales > États-Unis.
Noirs américains > Identité ethnique.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Adoptees > Family relationships
African Americans > Race identity
Interracial adoption
United States
Electronic books.
Biographies
Interviews
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / by Leon W. Chestang
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: moving beyond the controversy of the transracial adoption of black and biracial children
  • Jim Crow era (1877-1954)
  • Evelyn Rhodes, great grandmother and matriarch
  • W. Wilson Goode Sr., first black mayor of Philadelphia (1984-92)
  • Cyril C. Pinder, mentor and former national football league player
  • Civil rights era (1955-72)
  • Arthur E. McFarlane II, great grandson of W.E.B. du Bois and advocate for the preservation of cultural heritage
  • Lora Kay (pseudonym), principal of a charter school in Washington, D.C
  • Chester Jackson, professional adoption worker and adoptive father
  • Henry Allen, professor of sociology
  • Post-civil rights era (1973-present)
  • Vershawn A. Young, author and scholar
  • Michelle M. Hughes, adoption attorney and adoptive mother
  • Mahisha Dellinger, CEO and founder of curls
  • Deneta Howland Sells, physician and civil rights advocate
  • Tabitha, child welfare bureau chief
  • Bryan Post, CEO of the post institute for family-centered therapy and adoptee
  • Shilease Hofmann, spouse of a transracial adoptee
  • Chelsey Hines, foster care alumna and transracial adoptee
  • Demetrius Walker, entrepreneur and cofounder of the DN/BE Apparel
  • Conclusion
  • Afterword
  • Appendix: multicultural adoption plan
  • Notes
  • References.

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