Transracial adoption is a controversial issue in our society.
Some individuals feel that children should be placed in homes where they are raised by their same ethnicity parents in order for them to develop their cultural identity. There is also concern that if children are not raised by parents of their same race, that society will criticize them and discriminate against their children later on in life. Others deny these factors, and say that race does not matter and should not be a concern with foster facilities. These individuals protest that any parent can properly raise a child, as long as there is a loving and harmonious home for them to reside in. The following pages will discuss these two perspectives, present the history of interracial adoption, and will show my conclusion on the issue.