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Transracial Adoption

Transracial Adoption RESEARCH DIGEST Jeffrey J. Haugaard, PhD Karen Dorman Amy Schustack Transracial adoptions were rare before the 1960s and several states had laws against them. Transracial adoptions increased in frequency in the 1960s as courts struck down laws prohibiting them and as greater efforts to integrate the races occurred across the country. In the 1970s, transracial adoptions came under sharp criti- cism. The number of transracial adoptions plummeted, returning adoption practice regarding transracial adoptions to what it was before the 1960s. Legal actions by parents hoping to complete transracial adoptions resulted in court rulings that allowed race to be a consideration in adoptions, but did not allow race to be heavily weighted in the adoption decision. Recent passage of the federal Multiethnic Placement Act further reduced barriers to transracial adoptions, although transracial adoption continues to be a conten- tious issue. Jeffrey J. Haugaard, Karen Dorman and Amy Schustack are affiliated with the Department of Human Development, Cornell University. Address correspondence to: Jeffrey J. Haugaard, PhD, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Van Rensselaer Hall, Cornell University, Itha- ca, NY 14853 (e-mail:jjh15@cornell.edu). Adoption Quarterly, Vol. 1(2) 1997 E 1997 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved. 87 88 ADOPTION http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Adoption Quarterly Taylor & Francis

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RESEARCH DIGEST Jeffrey J. Haugaard, PhD Karen Dorman Amy Schustack Transracial adoptions were rare before the 1960s and several states had laws against them. Transracial adoptions increased in frequency in the 1960s as courts struck down laws prohibiting them and as greater efforts to integrate the races occurred across the country. In the 1970s, transracial adoptions came under sharp criti- cism. The number of transracial adoptions plummeted, returning adoption practice regarding...
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RESEARCH DIGEST Jeffrey J. Haugaard, PhD Karen Dorman Amy Schustack Transracial adoptions were rare before the 1960s and several states had laws against them. Transracial adoptions increased in frequency in the 1960s as courts struck down laws prohibiting them and as greater efforts to integrate the races occurred across the country. In the 1970s, transracial adoptions came under sharp criti- cism. The number of transracial adoptions plummeted, returning adoption practice regarding transracial adoptions to what it was before the 1960s. Legal actions by parents hoping to complete transracial adoptions resulted in court rulings that allowed race to be a consideration in adoptions, but did not allow race to be heavily weighted in the adoption decision. Recent passage of the federal Multiethnic Placement Act further reduced barriers to transracial adoptions, although transracial adoption continues to be a conten- tious issue. Jeffrey J. Haugaard, Karen Dorman and Amy Schustack are affiliated with the Department of Human Development, Cornell University. Address correspondence to: Jeffrey J. Haugaard, PhD, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Van Rensselaer Hall, Cornell University, Itha- ca, NY 14853 (e-mail:jjh15@cornell.edu). Adoption Quarterly, Vol. 1(2) 1997 E 1997 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved. 87 88 ADOPTION

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