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additional layer of complexity when your child's identity has pieces of it that you don't
own."
Just a few decades ago, “transracial adoptions were considered experiments in
interracial living,” says Ruth McCoy, professor at the University of Texas, Center for
African and African-American Studies (Chandler, 1994). While differences in race and
culture among transracial adoptive families were just as obvious in the ‘60s and ‘70s,
adoptive parents tried to remain colorblind to those differences in hopes that society
would follow suit. Chuck Johnson, acting chief of the National Council for Adoption
reasons that the way in which adoptive parents perceive interracial [and international]
adoption has to change. Disregarding an adoptive child’s biological history and heritage
may create a temporary comfort while at home, surrounded by the adopted family, but it
can also stimulate feelings of alienation and isolation when the child is forced to interact
with the rest of the world. "Families that are successful are those that acknowledge race,”
says Johnson. “It's not a curse – It's not an impossible feat. They just need to work
harder to give a child a sense of self-identity." Just as a sense of identity is important to
the development of every human being, it is much more important in the case of
international adoptees who must come to terms with what little knowledge they have
about the people and country of their birth.
Nature vs. Nurture: The timeless debate continues
For decades, researchers and social scientists have debated whether or not
heredity or environment has the most impact on psychological development, intelligence
and who we are as individuals. This debate is important to international adoption
Object Description
| Title | Babies without borders: exploring perceptions of international adoption |
| Author | Roberts, Nicole Marie |
| Author email | n.roberts@ymail.com; simplynicolemarie@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Strategic Public Relations |
| School | Annenberg School for Communication |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-03-31 |
| Date submitted | 2011 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2011-05-03 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Floto, Jennifer D. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Lynch, Brenda Thorson, Kjerstin |
| Abstract | International adoption is an incredibly complex and hotly debated issue. In an effort to understand the roots of the system, the author delves deep into the history of adoption and the transition to international adoption in the United States while examining the perceptions of the system today.; Using public relations techniques, the author offers communication-based recommendations that will help mitigate any stigma so that international adoptions continue without the negative undertones that are often associated with the idea of adopting from another country. |
| Keyword | adoption; international adoption |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA; Greece; Korea; Vietnam; Guatemala; Romania; USSR; China |
| Coverage date | 1939/2009 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3877 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Roberts, Nicole Marie |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Roberts-4524 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Roberts-4524.pdf |
Description
| Title | Page 48 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 36 additional layer of complexity when your child's identity has pieces of it that you don't own." Just a few decades ago, “transracial adoptions were considered experiments in interracial living,” says Ruth McCoy, professor at the University of Texas, Center for African and African-American Studies (Chandler, 1994). While differences in race and culture among transracial adoptive families were just as obvious in the ‘60s and ‘70s, adoptive parents tried to remain colorblind to those differences in hopes that society would follow suit. Chuck Johnson, acting chief of the National Council for Adoption reasons that the way in which adoptive parents perceive interracial [and international] adoption has to change. Disregarding an adoptive child’s biological history and heritage may create a temporary comfort while at home, surrounded by the adopted family, but it can also stimulate feelings of alienation and isolation when the child is forced to interact with the rest of the world. "Families that are successful are those that acknowledge race,” says Johnson. “It's not a curse – It's not an impossible feat. They just need to work harder to give a child a sense of self-identity." Just as a sense of identity is important to the development of every human being, it is much more important in the case of international adoptees who must come to terms with what little knowledge they have about the people and country of their birth. Nature vs. Nurture: The timeless debate continues For decades, researchers and social scientists have debated whether or not heredity or environment has the most impact on psychological development, intelligence and who we are as individuals. This debate is important to international adoption |
