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In Their Parents' Voices: Reflections on Raising Transracial Adoptees
Contributor(s): Simon, Rita James (Author), Roorda, Rhonda (Author)

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 ISBN: 023114136X     ISBN-13: 9780231141369
Publisher: Columbia University Press
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 2007
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Annotation: Rita J. Simon and Rhonda M. Roorda's "In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories" shared the experiences of twenty-four black and biracial children who had been adopted into white families in the late 1960s and 70s. The book has since become a standard resource for families and practitioners, and now, in this sequel, we hear from the parents of these remarkable families and learn what it was like for them to raise children across racial and cultural lines.

These candid interviews shed light on the issues these parents encountered, what part race played during thirty plus years of parenting, what they learned about themselves, and whether they would recommend transracial adoption to others. Combining trenchant historical and political data with absorbing firsthand accounts, Simon and Roorda once more bring an academic and human dimension to the literature on transracial adoption.
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BISAC Categories:
- Family & Relationships | Adoption & Fostering
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General
- Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family
Dewey: 649.145
LCCN: 2007005678
Age Level: 22-UP
Grade Level: 17-UP
Physical Information: 240 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Adoption
- Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural
Features: Bibliography
 
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Rita J. Simon and Rhonda M. Roorda's In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories shared the experiences of twenty-four black and biracial children who had been adopted into white families in the late 1960s and 70s. The book has since become a standard resource for families and practitioners, and now, in this sequel, we hear from the parents of these remarkable families and learn what it was like for them to raise children across racial and cultural lines.

These candid interviews shed light on the issues these parents encountered, what part race played during thirty plus years of parenting, what they learned about themselves, and whether they would recommend transracial adoption to others. Combining trenchant historical and political data with absorbing firsthand accounts, Simon and Roorda once more bring an academic and human dimension to the literature on transracial adoption.
 
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