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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Metadata
- 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