The Pros And Cons Of Transracial Adoption

Trans-Racial Adoption
Transracial adoption is as simple as it sounds, just like adoption you have a married couple looking to have a child of their own, and it is also when a couple adopts a child from a completely different ethnic or racial group from their own. As easy as it sound, transracial adoption is no easy task and is usually seen as a complicated process due to the variety of obstacles it brings not to just the family who is adopting a child who’s background is different from their own, but also issues for the child itself. Even though transracial adoption is plagued with problems it should not be frowned upon and discouraged as many of these problems can be fixed and taken care of as long as it is handled correctly.
The most infamous
Besides living in modern times racism is still a big issue as it was years ago, such as discrimination. Adoptive parents usually face this issue not from within the family from outside and do not realize this problem until later on. One account is from Carrie Goldman, “I was beginning to see how rampant racism was. The news was terrifying: story after story that broke my heart and unnerved me. The lack of books, movies, even greeting cards featuring people of color was disheartening. And the slew of questions and comments we faced as a transracial, adoptive family continued. I began to take everything to heart, and it all boiled down to a few key questions: Am I enough parent for my child? Is she going to be ok?”(Transracial Adoption: Eating Humble Pie without Dropping Crumbs). Many of these parents who usually feel the same way like this are also those who have adopted African Americans, with this they tend to attract the attention of others from the same race as their adopted child and are at times mocked, made a fool of and question by some even telling them that they should have just adopted someone that was their race. The attack on race does not stop there as the adopted child also tends to get the same results, giving them the feeling that they are unwelcomed amount society due to being different and ultimately leading to the feeling of being singled out amongst the other normal children who have normal parents and were not adopted. While all this seems to be another negative outcome of transracial adoption it does have a solution just like the other problems. Adoptive parents should let the child know, specifically when they reach a age of understanding, that some people in society will