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Author | : Rita James Simon |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 410 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 0231118295 |
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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 | : Rosemary Skinner Keller |
Publisher | : Westminster John Knox Press |
Total Pages | : 570 |
Release | : 2000-01-01 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780664222857 |
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A rich collection of first-person renderings that both enhances and challenges traditional narratives of American religious life.
Author | : Asa Fitch |
Publisher | : Heart of the Lakes Pub |
Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780932334602 |
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Author | : Rhonda M. Roorda |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 349 |
Release | : 2015-11-03 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0231540485 |
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While many proponents of transracial adoption claim that American society is increasingly becoming "color-blind," a growing body of research reveals that for transracial adoptees of all backgrounds, racial identity does matter. Rhonda M. Roorda elaborates significantly on that finding, specifically studying the effects of the adoption of black and biracial children by white parents. She incorporates diverse perspectives on transracial adoption by concerned black Americans of various ages, including those who lived through Jim Crow and the Civil Rights era. All her interviewees have been involved either personally or professionally in the lives of transracial adoptees, and they offer strategies for navigating systemic racial inequalities while affirming the importance of black communities in the lives of transracial adoptive families. In Their Voices is for parents, child-welfare providers, social workers, psychologists, educators, therapists, and adoptees from all backgrounds who seek clarity about this phenomenon. The author examines how social attitudes and federal policies concerning transracial adoption have changed over the last several decades. She also includes suggestions on how to revise transracial adoption policy to better reflect the needs of transracial adoptive families. Perhaps most important, In Their Voices is packed with advice for parents who are invested in nurturing a positive self-image in their adopted children of color and the crucial perspectives those parents should consider when raising their children. It offers adoptees of color encouragement in overcoming discrimination and explains why a "race-neutral" environment, maintained by so many white parents, is not ideal for adoptees or their families.
Author | : Masuma Ahuja |
Publisher | : Algonquin Young Readers |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2021-02-09 |
Genre | : Young Adult Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1643750119 |
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What does a teenage girl dream about in Nigeria or New York? How does she spend her days in Mongolia, the Midwest, and the Middle East? All around the world, girls are going to school, working, dreaming up big futures—they are soccer players and surfers, ballerinas and chess champions. Yet we know so little about their daily lives. We often hear about challenges and catastrophes in the news, and about exceptional girls who make headlines. But even though the health, education, and success of girls so often determines the future of a community, we don’t know more about what life is like for the ordinary girls, the ones living outside the headlines. From the Americas to Europe to Africa to Asia to the South Pacific, the thirty teens from twenty-seven countries in Girlhood share their own stories of growing up through diary entries and photographs, and the girls’ stories are put in context with reporting and research that helps us understand the circumstances and communities they live in. This full-color, exuberantly designed volume is a portrait of ordinary girlhood around the world, and of the world, as seen through girls’ eyes.
Author | : Tina Athaide |
Publisher | : HarperCollins |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2019-04-02 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0062795317 |
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* A Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best Books of 2019 Selection * A Canadian Children’s Book Center Best Books for Kids & Teens Pick * From debut author Tina Athaide comes a soaring tale of empathy, hope, and resilience, as two best friends living under Ugandan President Amin’s divisive rule must examine where—and who—they call home. Perfect for fans of Half from the East and Inside Out and Back Again. Asha and her best friend, Yesofu, never cared about the differences between them: Indian. African. Girl. Boy. Short. Tall. But when Idi Amin announces that Indians have ninety days to leave the country, suddenly those differences are the only things that people in Entebbe can see—not the shared after-school samosas or Asha cheering for Yesofu at every cricket game. Determined for her life to stay the same, Asha clings to her world tighter than ever before. But Yesofu is torn, pulled between his friends, his family, and a promise of a better future. Now as neighbors leave and soldiers line the streets, the two friends find that nothing seems sure—not even their friendship. Tensions between Indians and Africans intensify and the deadline to leave is fast approaching. Could the bravest thing of all be to let each other go?
Author | : Adeola James |
Publisher | : James Currey Publishers |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780852555071 |
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Interviews with a selection of African women writers. This book makes a strong and compelling statement about the position of women writers and women in contemporary Africa using the words of the writers themselves', says Dennis Duerden, the author of the earlier African WritersTalking.
Author | : Rhonda M. Roorda |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 409 |
Release | : 2000-04-27 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0231506414 |
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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 | : Arlene R. K. Zide |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : |
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Selected poems from Indic languages.
Author | : Margaret Ward |
Publisher | : Atrium |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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Some of the women who took part in the movement for Irish national independence in their own voices. Taken from the autobiographies, letters, and speeches of Maud Gonne, Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, Constance de Markievicz, and many lesser-known women.