In Their Own Voices : : Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories / / Rita Simon, Rhonda Roorda.

Nearly forty years after researchers first sought to determine the effects, if any, on children adopted by families whose racial or ethnic background differed from their own, the debate over transracial adoption continues. In this collection of interviews conducted with black and biracial young adul...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2000]
©2000
Year of Publication:2000
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (480 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Authors
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Argument, Rhetoric, and Data for and Against Transracial Adoption
  • Legal Status, History, and Review of Empirical Work
  • Part II. Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories
  • Introduction
  • Donna Francis
  • Jessica Pelton
  • Andrea
  • Kimberly Stapert
  • Shecara
  • Laurie Goff
  • Chantel Tremitiere
  • Nicolle Tremitiere Yates
  • Rachel
  • Iris
  • Aaliyah
  • Rhonda Roorda
  • Rev. Keith J. Bigelow
  • Daniel Mennega
  • Tage Larsen
  • David T. Adams
  • Dan O'Brien
  • Seth D. Himrod
  • Lester Smith Sr.
  • Ned
  • Pete
  • Britton Perry
  • Taalib
  • Chip
  • PART III. In Their Own Voices: Summary and Concluding Remarks