The Case for Transracial Adoption

Rita Simon and her collaborators have been the leading empirical investigators of transracial adoption over the past quarter century. The Case for Transracial Adoption is a summary and continuation of that excellent work. All students of transracial adoption owe Simon and her colleagues a tremendous debt of gratitude. -- Randall Kennedy, Harvard Law School ...a smashing argument in favor of adoption across races. -- Randall Kennedy, Harvard Law School * The American Experiment * The empirical research is a wonderful addition to help us move beyond the impasse it seems we have reached...I recommend this book as an addition to classroom texts addressing race and/or the family. -- Heather M. Dalmage, SSSP REVIEW * The American Experiment * For anyone interested in the hot topic of transracial adoption, this slender book is must reading. Coming to grips with the facts in this small volume can be a sobering experience. -- Thorwald Esbensen, INTERRACE MAGAZINE For anyone interested in the hot topic of transracial adoption, this slender book is must reading. Coming to grips with the facts in this small volume can be a sobering experience. -- Thorwald Esbensen, INTERRACE MAGAZINE Rita Simon and her collaborators have been the leading empirical investigators of transracial adoption over the past quarter century. The Case for Transracial Adoption is a summary and continuation of that excellent work. All students of transracial adoption owe Simon and her colleagues a tremendous debt of gratitude. -- Randall Kennedy, Harvard Law School ...a smashing argument in favor of adoption across races. -- Randall Kennedy, Harvard Law School * The American Experiment * The empirical research is a wonderful addition to help us move beyond the impasse it seems we have reached...I recommend this book as an addition to classroom texts addressing race and/or the family. -- Heather M. Dalmage, SSSP REVIEW * The American Experiment *

This timely study analyzes the issue of adoptions that cross racial and national lines, and assesses their success and appropriateness. The book's centerpiece is a comprehensive long-term study of the transracial adoption conducted by Rita Simon and Howard Altstein, the result of twenty years of research and analysis. The authors discuss the case often made against transracial adoption and explain the laws that govern these adoptions.