By Gail Steinberg and Beth Hall Transracial adoption means the joining of racially different parents and children together in adoptive families. Most transracial adoptive parents are white. Most transracially- adopted kids are of color. Transracial adoption includes children adopted from other countries as well as those born in the United States. This means that kids
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Stepping Inside of Transracial Adoption
by Beth Hall Children deserve to experience belonging, no matter how many families they have, whether they join their family, by birth or by adoption, no matter their age, no matter their race or how weird or boring or amazing they are, they deserve to come to believe in an absolute way that they have
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by Beth Hall & Gail Steinberg Racism: A belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities. A belief that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race. Sexism: A prejudice or discrimination against someone on the basis of gender. Adoptism: A belief that forming a family by birth is
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