http://www.laurachristianson.com/laura/transracial-adoption-from-foster-care-why-parents-should-not-be-color-blind/ Adoption Information and Inspiration Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:36:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.laurachristianson.com/laura/transracial-adoption-from-foster-care-why-parents-should-not-be-color-blind/comment-page-1/#comment-1081 Robyn Tue, 25 May 2010 03:04:46 +0000 http://www.laurachristianson.com/laura/transracial-adoption-from-foster-care-why-parents-should-not-be-%e2%80%98color-blind%e2%80%99/#comment-1081 As the mother in a transracial adoptive family (white parents, Asian child), I totally agree. You can't deny your child's heritage—nor the fact that other people see him/her as belonging to a different race, and stereotype accordingly. .-= Robyn´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeaveTheLightsOn/~3/Z4t0_1aocUQ/national-anxiety-and-depression-awareness-week-2010" rel="nofollow">National Anxiety and Depression Awareness Week 2010</a> =-. As the mother in a transracial adoptive family (white parents, Asian child), I totally agree. You can’t deny your child’s heritage—nor the fact that other people see him/her as belonging to a different race, and stereotype accordingly.
.-= Robyn´s last blog ..National Anxiety and Depression Awareness Week 2010 =-.

]]> http://www.laurachristianson.com/laura/transracial-adoption-from-foster-care-why-parents-should-not-be-color-blind/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Phyllis Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:48:35 +0000 http://www.laurachristianson.com/laura/transracial-adoption-from-foster-care-why-parents-should-not-be-%e2%80%98color-blind%e2%80%99/#comment-71 My nephew's father was a transratial adoption in the 50s. It was a traditional closed adoption where his white adopted mother felt it necessary to erase his ethnicity from his birth certificate as well as keep him totally in the dark regarding his race. Now as an adult he has HUGE idenity and self esteme problems. He has struggled with drug and alcohol abuse his whole life, has a criminal record, and is afraid to contact the state where he was born in order to find out any information regarding his race. He still refuses to do it, knowing it would benefit his son to have this information. As a result my nephew will never have any concrete information on where he comes from. It's really a sad situation all around. My nephew’s father was a transratial adoption in the 50s. It was a traditional closed adoption where his white adopted mother felt it necessary to erase his ethnicity from his birth certificate as well as keep him totally in the dark regarding his race.
Now as an adult he has HUGE idenity and self esteme problems. He has struggled with drug and alcohol abuse his whole life, has a criminal record, and is afraid to contact the state where he was born in order to find out any information regarding his race. He still refuses to do it, knowing it would benefit his son to have this information.
As a result my nephew will never have any concrete information on where he comes from. It’s really a sad situation all around.

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