In Their Siblings' Voices

by Simon, Rita J.

• ISBN13: 9780231148504
• ISBN10: 023114850X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-05-01
• Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr

Summary

In Their Siblings' Voicesshares the stories of twenty white non-adopted siblings who grew up with black or biracial brothers and sisters in the late 1960s and 1970s. Belonging to the same families profiled in Rita J. Simon and Rhonda M. Roorda's In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Storiesand In Their Parents' Voices: Reflections on Raising Transracial Adoptees, these siblings offer their perspectives on the multiracial adoption experience, which, for them, played out against the backdrop of two tumultuous, politically charged decades. Simon and Roorda question whether professionals and adoption agencies adequately trained these children in the challenges presented by blended families, and they ask if, after more than thirty years, race still matters. Few books cover both the academic and the human dimensions of this issue. In Their Siblings' Voiceshelps readers fully grasp the dynamic of living in a multiracial household and its effect on friends, school, and community.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Argument, Rhetoric, and Data for and Against Transracial Adoption Legal Status, History, and Review of Empirical Work

Siblings Tell Their Stories Introduction Shecara's Siblings

Laurie's Sibling: Adam Goff Chantel's and Nicolle's Siblings: Scott Tremitiere and Michelle Zech Rachel's Siblings

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