White Parents, Black Children - Experiencing Transracial Adoption

Informationen zum Autor By Darron T. Smith; Cardell K. Jacobson and Brenda G. Juárez Klappentext With increasing numbers of transracial adoptions in the U.S., White Parents, Black Children brings to light the difficult racial issues that are often challenging for families to talk about. This book is written to help parents, educators, and others working with children understand the issues and help children develop a healthy understanding of themselves. With increasing numbers of transracial adoptions in the U.S., White Parents, Black Children brings to light the difficult racial issues that are often challenging for families to talk about. This book helps parents, educators, and others working with children to understand the issues, and help children develop a healthy understanding of themselves. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Joe R. FeaginAcknowledgmentsChapter 1: Transracial Adoption: Considering Family, Home, and Love, and the Paradoxes of Race MattersChapter 2: Contextualizng Transracial Adoption: Demographic Trends, Introducing the Families Chapter 3: Transracial Adoption, White Racial Knowledge, and the Trouble with "Love is Enough" Chapter 4: Research on Transracial Adoption: What Do We Know? Chapter 5: Cross-Cultural Race Pioneers: White Adoptive Parents Learning and Not Learning about RaceChapter 6: White Parents Teaching Black Children about RaceChapter 7: Addressing Race with Your Children: Practical Advice for White Adoptive ParentsAppendix A: A Note about Our Methods and MethodologyAppendix B: Transracial Adoption in the 2000 Census and the National Survey of Adoptive Paernts (2007)NotesReferencesIndexAbout the Authors

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• Authors: Cardell K Jacobson, Cardell K. Jacobson, Jacobson Cardell K., Brenda G. Juarez, Brenda G Juárez, Brenda G. Juárez, Darron Smith, Darron T Smith, Darron T. Smith, Darron T. Jacobson Smith, Darron T./ Jacobson Smith
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.10.2011
• EAN: 9781442207622
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-0762-2
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Family law; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Adoption & Fostering, Sociology: family & relationships, United States of America, USA, Adoption & fostering, Sociology: family and relationships, Black & Asian Studies, Adoption and fostering, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General