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Abstract

The transracial adoption discourse mistakenly has been phrased as a request for black children awaiting adoption to be treated different from white children and to be placed with parents of like race only. This paper urges a remarketing of the transracial adoption debate to reflect a request based on sameness, not difference. The request presented here is not a request for different treatment for black children. Rather, it is for black children to be given the same regard that is given to white children. This request is illustrated with the story of a black couple seeking to adopt healthy, fat white babies.

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  • Subject
    • Civil Rights and Discrimination

    • Domestic Law

  • Journal title
    • Boston College Third World Law Journal

  • Volume
    • 26

  • Issue
    • 1

  • Pagination
    • 97

  • Date submitted

    7 September 2022