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Originally Posted by rredhead

We've been discussing this on the Yahoo! Group African American Domestic Adoption.
The study is limited to children adopted from foster care. Different states have different training available for their potential parents. Some people have said that they were given advice on parenting transracially, while others said that they got squat.
People who adopted through private agencies often said that they had to take classes, read books, etc. I find it interesting that many private agencies urge, if not outright require, classes and/or training for parents adopting transracially. Apparently, MEPA was somehow construed to mean that no thought of race at all was supposed to be involved in foster adoption, to the extent that it was left out of training in some places.

If the study focused only on Children adopted from Foster care, how can they be sure that the findings are as a result of being a transracial adoptee, and not from being in foster care, or for what happened to the child that placed them in foster care (abuse, neglect, etc)

I think they can find a way to make most studies say whatever they want them to say in the end....

One of the work shops I went to specifically stressed that the "color blind" method of being "anti racist" really isn't thought of as appropriate anymore. To recognize the difference and realize they are positive and unique is preferred.