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Baden, A., Treweeke, L., & Ahluwalia, M. (2012). Reclaiming Culture: Reculturation of Transracial and International Adoptees. Journal Of Counseling & Development, 90(4), 387-39.

Bailey, J. (2009). Expectations of the Consequences of New International Adoption Policy in the U.S. Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare, 36(2), 169-184.

Butler-Sweet, C. (2011). "A Healthy Black Identity" Transracial Adoption, Middle-Class Families, and Racial Socialization. Journal Of Comparative Family Studies, 42(2), 193-212.

DeBerry, K. M., Scarr, S., & Weinberg, R. (1996). Family racial socialization and ecological competence: longitudinal assessments of African-American transracial adoptees. Child Development, 672375-2399.

McRoy, R., & Griffin, A. (2012). Transracial adoption policies and practices. Adoption & Fostering, 36(3/4), 38-49

Topic: Nice choice. Go for it. Ajungle (talk) 18:02, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

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In 2008 the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute reignited the transracial adoption debate with its recommendation that race should be considered in selecting adoptive parents for children awaiting placement. According to the report, which is based on a synthesis of the TRA literature, transracial adoptees face additional and complex challenges with (1) coping with being "different" particularly if they have grown up in homogeneous white continuities,(2) struggling to fit in with both their adoptive families and the black community, feeling awkward and out of place in both settings, (3) developing a positive racial/ethnic identity, acknowledging racial differences but without expressing racial pride, and 4) managing racial prejudice and discrimination (Donaldson Report, May 2008). The Donaldson Report links the challenges transracial adoptees face with socialization practices of adoptive parents that minimize racial differences, particularly when parents do not facilitate their children's understanding of and comfort with their own ethnicities(Donaldson Report, May 2008). Butler-Sweet, C. (2011). "A Healthy Black Identity" Transracial Adoption, Middle-Class Families, and Racial Socialization. Journal Of Comparative Family Studies, 42(2), 193-212.

Between 2008 and 2009, approximately 2,700 white children were adopted compared to only 410 mixed-race children and only 90 black children in the UK. Approximately one in ten children in care is black and one in nine children in care comes from a racially mixed background Black, mixed-race and Asian children typically wait to be adopted on average three years longer than white children. Children of mixed ethnicities are more likely than other children to be placed for adoption. Local authorities find it difficult to find children of mixed ethnicities matches that meet the 2002 Adoption and Children Act that which states that ‘due consideration’ should be given to ethnicity in adoption placements. The Adoption and Children Act states that ethnicity placement is only given if the children’s welfare is compromised during the placement choice. Adoption placement of children of mixed ethnicities is difficult because it is influenced by values, ideology and anti-oppressive practices that need to be considered within the practice. Mixed ethnicity children are subject to racism and complete inclusion of both parts of their heritage. Mixed children will struggle with discrimination from both parts of their ethnicity, desiring solidarity from both parts of their ethnic backgrounds. <Wood, M. (2009). Mixed ethnicity, identity and adoption: research, policy and practiceChild & Family Social Work, 14(4), 431-439. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2206.2009.00614.x>

Aflemington11 This is a great subject! I really enjoyed reading some of the statistics though they are quite daunting. I copied and pasted your section here. I looked on the page and I noticed that your citations were not in footnote form. So I think changing that would help a lot and make it easier to read your addition. The part in italics just has a few grammatical changes if you would like to look at that. I think you should emphasize that you are talking about interracial adoption for african americans as opposed to all races, since that seems to be your focus. :]

Overall this is great!! I think just the citation changes, a few grammatical changes, and more clarity about the emphasis of adoption of african american children would make it even better!

Lcollins09 (talk)Lcollins09Lcollins09 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 21:27, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Aflemington11 I think that you did a great job on this entire project. You added a lot of great information on transracial adoption, that not a lot of people would have known about. I like that you wrote about this topic because few people even think that there is a need for information on this. Although there are millions of children adopted interracially. I was wondering how this topic came to mind and what kind of impact it may have made on you. Also a few changes that you maybe could have made were a few citation and grammatical changes, but other than that it is A+ work! Great job girl! User:Jkparker09 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 02:23, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

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Peer reviewed Lcollins09 and Cweber10 i made editing and content suggestions to their pages

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edited peer reviewed my final section added to wikipedia, statistics & cultural identity, interracial adoption----- i made my edits using the suggestions made my other students in that posted on my talk page.

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Good job on your article, Alyssa! All of those stats you provided were great and really added to the article as a whole. Lodeo (talk) 04:07, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

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Based on the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) in the U.S., the fiscal year of 1998 showed that approximately 64% of children waiting in foster care were of minority background; 32% were white. Out of all foster children waiting for adoption 51% are black, 11% are Hispanic, 1% are American Indian, 1% are Asian/Pacific Islander, and 5% are unknown/unable to determine. Data from the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) in the U.S. show that adoption of an unrelated child was most common among childless white women and those with higher levels of income and education. The most recent estimate of interracial adoption was performed in 1987 by the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and it found that 1% of white women adopt black children, 5% of white women adopt children of other races, and 2% of women of other races adopt white children (estimates include foreign-born).

The US Census 2000 found that "White (and no other race), not Hispanic children made up the majority of all categories of children of householders under 18: about 58 percent of adopted children, 64 percent of biological children" and "Of the 1.7 million households with adopted children, about 308,000 (18 percent) contained members of different races."

Between 2008 and 2009, approximately 2,700 white children were adopted compared to only 410 mixed-race children and only 90 black children in the UK. Approximately 1in 10 children in care is black and 1 in 9 children in care comes from a racially mixed background. Black, mixed-race and Asian children typically wait to be adopted on average three years longer than white children. Children of mixed ethnicities are more likely than other children to be placed for adoption. The Adoption and Children Act states that ethnicity placement is only given if the children’s welfare is compromised during the placement choice. Adoption placement of children of mixed ethnicities is difficult because it is influenced by values, ideology and anti-oppressive practices that need to be considered within the practice. Mixed ethnicity children are subject to racism and complete inclusion of both parts of their heritage. Mixed children will struggle with discrimination from both parts of their ethnicity, desiring solidarity from both parts of their ethnic backgrounds.

Aflemington11 I really like your topic, it's very informative to know what the current statistics are in advantage or disadvantage about interracial adoptions. At the same time, it is sad to realize that African American children are the least likely to be adopted. The focus of your subject is clear. You have good sources and they are updated. I looked on your page and I noticed that you fixed your citations and you put them in footnote format. Good job! Now, it's going to be much easier to check your sources. You did new grammatical corrections to your article and now your article looks great! Catira24 (talk) 01:57, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

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