In Their Siblings' Voices : : White Non-Adopted Siblings Talk About Their Experiences Being Raised with Black and Biracial Brothers and Sisters / / Rhonda Roorda, Rita Simon.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Simon, Rita,; Roorda, Rhonda,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (248 p.) :; 0 halftones, 0 color illus., 0 line drawings, 5 tables

In Their Siblings' Voices shares the stories of twenty white non-adopted siblings who grew up with black or biracial brothers and sisters in the late 1960s and 1970s. Belonging to the same families profiled in Rita J. Simon and Rhonda M. Roorda's In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories and In Their Parents' Voices: Reflections on Raising Transracial Adoptees, these siblings offer their perspectives on the multiracial adoption experience, which, for them, played out against the backdrop of two tumultuous, politically charged decades. Simon and Roorda question whether professionals and adoption agencies adequately trained these children in the challenges presented by blended families, and they ask if, after more than thirty years, race still matters. Few books cover both the academic and the human dimensions of this issue. In Their Siblings' Voices helps readers fully grasp the dynamic of living in a multiracial household and its effect on friends, school, and community.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Argument, Rhetoric, and Data for and Against Transracial Adoption -- Legal Status, History, and Review of Empirical Work -- Part II. Siblings Tell Their Stories -- Introduction -- Shecara's Siblings -- Laurie's Sibling -- Chantel's and Nicolle's Siblings -- Rachel's Siblings -- Rhonda's Siblings -- Keith's Sibling -- Daniel's Siblings -- Tage's Sibling -- David's Siblings -- Pete's Sibling -- Britton's Siblings -- Part III. Implications of Siblings' Voices on Transracial Adoption -- Closing Comments -- Afterword