In Their Parents' Voices

by Simon, Rita J.

• ISBN13: 9780231141376
• ISBN10: 0231141378
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-09-15
• Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr

Summary

Rita J. Simon and Rhonda M. Roorda's In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Storiesshared the experiences of twenty-four black and biracial children who had been adopted into white families in the late 1960s and 70s. The book has since become a standard resource for families and practitioners, and now, in this sequel, we hear from the parents of these remarkable families and learn what it was like for them to raise children across racial and cultural lines.These candid interviews shed light on the issues these parents encountered, what part race played during thirty plus years of parenting, what they learned about themselves, and whether they would recommend transracial adoption to others. Combining trenchant historical and political data with absorbing firsthand accounts, Simon and Roorda once more bring an academic and human dimension to the literature on transracial adoption.

Author Biography

Rita J. Simon is a University Professor in the School of Public Affairs and the Washington College of Law at American University Rhonda M. Roorda works at an educational advocacy organization in Lansing, Michigan

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
The Children from in Their Own Voices	p. 1
Author's Note	p. 11
The Parents	p. 15
John and Marian Pelton	p. 17
Jim and Alice Bandstra	p. 26
Jim and Kathy Stapert	p. 34
Ron and Dorothy	p. 51
Paul Goff	p. 65
Barbara Tremitiere	p. 73
Nora Anker	p. 86
Marjorie Gray	p. 96
Edson and Judith Bigelow	p. 105
Aaldert and Elisabeth Mennega	p. 114
Rikk Larsen	p. 122
Charles and Pam Adams	p. 136
David and Lola Himrod	p. 145
Ken and Jean	p. 158
Winnie	p. 172
Rodney and Joyce Perry	p. 183
Conclusion	p. 201
Afterword	p. 209
Postscript	p. 215
Acknowledgments	p. 217
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