Adoption, Race, and Identity: From Infancy through Adolescence Simon, Rita J. and Altstein, Howard

This volume examines the innovative placement of nonwhite (predominantly black) adoptees with white parents. In addition to reviewing recent court decisions involving race as a factor in child custody, Simon and Altstein examine the research to date on this topic, including adoption policy and practice as carried out by some adoption agencies. Although there are a few anecdotal portraits of typical situations, the work is almost exclusively devoted to actual responses to questions about the experiences of these families. The authors conclude that the majority of families and their adopted children are well integrated into society and that the adoptees now, as adults, do not see themselves as any less "black" than their in-racially raised peers.

DOI: 10.1336/0275937488 Mouse over the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to learn more about this book or related books published by Greenwood Publishing Group. Visit the Greenwood Publishing Group page for this title: http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/C3748.aspx

Adoption, Race, and Identity: From Infancy through Adolescence Hardback, 232 pages, $112.95 Copyright ©1992, Praeger Publishers ISBN: 0-275-93748-8 DOI: 10.1336/0275937488

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