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This paper using qualitative methods to analyze how white adoptive parents come to understand race and the role it plays in the lives of their black and biracial adoptive children.
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This paper better informs the reader on why transracial adoption remains a contentious issue given that most white Americans pretend that race does not matter. This mindset has a detrimental impact on the emotional well-being of children.
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This page is a summary of: Race Lessons in Black and White: How White Adoptive Parents Socialize Black Adoptees in Predominately White Communities, Adoption Quarterly, February 2014, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/10926755.2014.895465.
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