Transracial Adoption

Transracial Adoption is the practice of parents of one race adopting a child from another race.

Articles and resources

External resources

• Transracial Adoption, American Adoptions.com
• Adoption USA: Chartbook Based on 2007 National Survey of Adoptive Parents, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
• Same-Race Adoption/Adoptive Parents of Color, Pact
• Adoption and Foster Care Statistics, Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
• Intercountry Adoption Statistics, U.S. State Department.
• Adoption Costs, Adoption.com

Adoptions of Asians

• Adopted Asian Americans, Asian-Nation.org

External articles

• John Raible, "Presumed Capacities, Assumed Identities: Queer Parents and Transracial Adoption," Gazillion Voices, 2014.
• Rose M. Kreider and Daphne A. Lofquist, "Adopted Children and Stepchildren: 2010: Population Characteristics," Census.gov, April 2014.
• Kevin Voigt and Sophie Brown, "International adoptions in decline as number of orphans grows," CNN, September 17, 2013.
• Barn, Ravinder. 2013. "‘Doing The Right Thing’: Transracial Adoption In The USA." Ethnic & Racial Studies 36(8): 1273-1291.
• Jeninne Lee-St. John, "Should Race Be a Factor in Adoptions?," Time, May 27, 2008.
• Morrison, A. 2004. “Transracial Adoption: The Pros and Cons and the Parents' Perspectives.” Harvard BlackLetter Law Journal 20: 167-206.
• Erickson, Miya D. 2003. "Attitudes Toward Interracial Adoption." California State University, Long Beach, Ann Arbor.
• Varnis, Steven L.. 2001. “Regulating the global adoption of children”. Social Science & Public Policy 38(2): 39-46.
• Sharma, A.R., McGue, M.K. and Benson, P.L. 1996. “The emotional and behavioral adjustment of United States adopted adolescents: part 1. An overview.” Children & Youth Services Review, 18: 83-100.
• Silverman, Arnold R.. 1993. “Outcomes of Transracial Adoption”. The Future of Children 3(1): 104–18.

Adoptions of African-Americans

• Six Words: Black Babies Cost Less to Adopt, NPR, June 27, 2013.
• "Discount Babies," The Economist, May 14, 2010.

Adoptions of Asians

• "How China's One-Child Policy Transformed U.S. Attitudes On Adoption," NPR, October 30, 2015.
• Mary Tablante, "Empty Cribs: The Challenges of Adopting Asian Babies," Asian Fortune News, March 31, 2013.
• Kim, Tae-Sun. 2009. "Alien Asian: The Role of Racial Exclusion and Cultural Differentiation in the Identity Development of Transnationally Adopted Korean Americans." Michigan State University, Ann Arbor.
• Nixon, Ron. 2009. “Adopted From Korea and In Search Of Identity.” The New York Times, November 28.