A Transracially-Adopted Child's Bill of Rights Copyright 1996, Liza Steinberg Triggs, Pact Press. Every child is entitled to love and full membership in her family. Every child is entitled to have his culture embraced and values. Every child is entitled to parents who know that this is a race-conscious society. Every child is entitled to parents who know that she will experience life differently than they do.
Every child is entitled to parents who know that transracial adoption changes the family forever.
Every child is entitled to parents who know that if they are white, they benefit from racism. Every child is entitled to parents who know that they can't transmit the child's birth culture if it is not their own. Every child is entitled to have items in his own that are made for and by people of his culture. Every child is entitled to make friends with people of her race or ethnicity. Every child is entitled to daily opportunities to have positive experiences with his birth culture.