{"id":32632,"date":"2013-07-31T03:17:16","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T03:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=32632"},"modified":"2013-07-31T03:18:01","modified_gmt":"2013-07-31T03:18:01","slug":"%e2%80%98doing-the-right-thing%e2%80%99-transracial-adoption-in-the-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=32632","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Doing the right thing\u2019: transracial adoption in the USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1080\/01419870.2013.770543\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Doing the right thing\u2019: transracial adoption in the USA<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/loi\/rers20\" target=\"_blank\">Ethnic and Racial Studies<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/toc\/rers20\/36\/8\" target=\"_blank\">Volume 36, Issue 8<\/a> (August 2013)<br \/>\nSpecial Issue: Mothering Across Racialised Boundaries<br \/>\npages 1273-1291<br \/>\nDOI: <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1080\/01419870.2013.770543\" target=\"_blank\">10.1080\/01419870.2013.776698<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pure.rhul.ac.uk\/portal\/en\/persons\/ravinder-barn(cc2d3359-e92b-41ce-8247-1b4dff6409b5).html\" target=\"_blank\">Ravinder Barn<\/a><\/strong>, Professor of Social Policy and Social Work<br \/>\n<em>Royal Holloway, University of London<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Racial\/cultural identity and parental cultural competence in transracial adoption (TRA) are subjects of fierce debate and discussion in contemporary western societies. The ongoing practice of TRA has led to a polarization that either supports or berates the suitability of the environment provided in such homes. The external scrutiny invariably creates doubt among white adoptive parents as to whether they are \u2018doing the right thing\u2019. By drawing upon extant literature and original qualitative research carried out in New York, this paper explores adoptive mothers&#8217; conceptualization and understanding of racial\/ethnic socialisation (RES). The paper puts forward three discursive approaches. It is argued that the ways in which white adoptive mothers understand and experience diversity influences their approach to RES, which in turn is mediated through family and community networks and societal discourses on race, power and hierarchy.<\/p>\n<p>Read or purchase the article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1080\/01419870.2013.770543\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Doing the right thing\u2019: transracial adoption in the USA Ethnic and Racial Studies Volume 36, Issue 8 (August 2013) Special Issue: Mothering Across Racialised Boundaries pages 1273-1291 DOI: 10.1080\/01419870.2013.776698 Ravinder Barn, Professor of Social Policy and Social Work Royal Holloway, University of London Racial\/cultural identity and parental cultural competence in transracial adoption (TRA) are subjects [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,8,4481,20],"tags":[687,461,2711,735],"class_list":["post-32632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-media-archive","category-social-work","category-usa","tag-adoption","tag-ethnic-and-racial-studies","tag-new-york","tag-ravinder-barn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32632\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}