In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories by Roorda, Rhonda

In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780231118293)

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In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories by Roorda, Rhonda

In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories

$27.95
In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories by Roorda, Rhonda

In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories

$27.95
Format: Paperback
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Nearly forty years after researchers first sought to determine the effects, if any, on children adopted by families whose racial or ethnic background differed from their own, the debate over transracial adoption continues. In this collection of interviews conducted with black and biracial young adults who were adopted by white parents, the authors present the personal stories of two dozen individuals who hail from a wide range of religious, economic, political, and professional backgrounds. How does the experience affect their racial and social identities, their choice of friends and marital partners, and their lifestyles? In addition to interviews, the book includes overviews of both the history and current legal status of transracial adoption.

Author: Rhonda Roorda, Rita James Simon
ISBN-10: 0231118295
ISBN-13: 9780231118293
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/27/2000
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.03h x 6.08w x 0.86d

Review Citation(s):
Black Issues Book Review 01/01/2001 pg. 79
By Rhonda Roorda
By Rhonda Roorda
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The late Rita J. Simon was University Professor in the School of Public Affairs and the Washington College of Law at American University.

Rhonda Roorda was adopted into a white family in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. She is the recipient of the 2010 Judge John P. Steketee Adoption Hero Award from the Adoptive Family Support Network (MI). In 2017, Rhonda was awarded the Friend of Children and Youth Award from the North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC). She is coordinator of financial and support services at a nonprofit educational advocacy organization in Lansing, Michigan.

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