TRAPPED IN LEGAL DISCOURSE: TRANSRACIAL ADOPTION IN THE UNITED STATES AND ENGLAND

Abstract

“Making the NABSW the villain of the story, making that group  responsible for why black children were disproportionately in the child welfare system, misses that organization’s real and substantial contribution to this debate: it tried to call attention to the ways black single mothers are targeted by the child protection systems, and tried to defend those mothers”.There are large numbers of ethnic minority children in state child care that are awaiting adoptive families. For many, these adoptive families never materialise. This is true in the United States as well as in England. Some argue that the solution is to promote transracial adoption—for white adoptive families to adopt ethnic minority children. The idea of transracial adoption is a highly emotive one, bringing together issues of race and adoption, both of which on their own can bring forth strong visceral reactions