Because being a successful parent in a transracial adoption is complicated, parents are encouraged to take online classes. The Hague treaty, an agreement on best practices for international adoptions, requires some courses on culture, race and ethnicity for international adoptions.
Embracing black culture means more than "fun, food and festivities, or hanging up pictures of Martin Luther King," says Darron Smith. The unfortunate reality is that black male children, for example, need to be taught by black adults to put their hands on the steering wheel if they're pulled over. That's not a common white experience. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700006219/Addressing
Well if I had to learn more of "Black Culture" for my adoptive child, I would. I wouldn't want them feeling like a total outcast around other people of their same race. Theres many things I know I do not know that I would need to know.
ReplyDeletePlease tell me that placing your hands on the steering wheel during a traffic stop is way down toward the bottom of the list of important lessons black males transfer to their offspring. You have got to be kidding me. The important stuff for children to learn can be demonstrated by any caring mentor of any race or creed.
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