Inhaltsangabe
With transracial adoptees, mixed-parentage children, children of settled immigrants families, etc., increasingly, children are growing up in various social environments and mixed-race families. Yet social services for them are based on outdated and problematic ideas about 'essential' racial identities, as well as the supposed need for children to commit fully to an identity in order to minimize problems and experiences of discrimination. This book asks why the thought of a single identity tends to dominate, what the consequences are for those who actively choose not to identify themselves as having one singular racial identity, and how policy and practice can be improved. Drawing upon the reflective narratives of individuals in the UK who were transracially adopted as children, as well as drawing upon the relevant literature and research, this book will challenge and assist anyone in social work, adoption, foster care, education, youth work, and youth justice. The book calls for the recognition of these groups of children, and offers suggestions on how to best serve their needs and facilitate their access to racial identity rights.
Críticas
"Argues that recognising that identities can be multiple and flexible can improve adoption and fostering services, and that neither politically Black conceptions of identity nor colour-blindness are appropriate. The book provides a satisfactory primer to deeper explorations on theories on 'race' and identity formation and a comprehensive outline of the relevant adoption and fostering legislation, policy and practice. Aside from the briefing on theoretical and practical aspects of the area, the inclusion of life story testimonies allows for more personal insight... of interest to student and practitioners." --Runnymeade Trust Bulletin
"Looks at how increasing numbers of children are growing up in mixed-race families and the influence this has on their lives. She calls on social, education and youth services to find better ways of meeting the needs of mixed-race families... argues that young people should be offered a "space in which they can negotiate a racial identity they are comfortable with"." --Youth Work Now
"Tina Patel writes convincingly on a new way of thinking about the age-old chestnut of race and identity, especially in relation to black children of mixed parentage. Very well researched and referenced and guides the reader through the historical discussions and debates about race and identity, focusing especially on the contested narratives around transracial placement and the subsequent shift in UK policy and practice to promote 'same-race' placements for all children in need of adoption and fostering. Patel argues that a strict adherence to such policies of 'racial matching' are outdated and counter-productive for the placement needs of black children of mixed parentage, who are able to manage and negotiate competing and multiple identities in a meaningful way. Many individuals are able to manage and maintain multiple identities and to assume that all individuals with mixed ancestry can only choose to be 'Black' in order to maintain a positive identity is belittling, offensive and misleading. An excellent book, which is very readable and presents some original and thought-provoking ideas... a great resource for social workers and social work students working within the context of a multi-racial and increasingly pluralistic society." --Adoption and Fostering
"Argues for better and more informed ways of thinking about how racial identity is flexible, diverse, and possesses a multiple status; and how such thinking will progressively lead to an improvement in the child, family and community support services which seek to assist some of the most vulnerable and marginalised members of society, namely black minority ethnic and mixed race children." --ChildRIGHT
"A timely and welcome addition to the available literature... fascinating and often moving testimony analysed sensitively... their varied experiences highlight the difficulties of 'growing up different'... on balance there is no evidence of trans-racial adoption being damaging to the young people concerned (in the context of adoption per se being a difficult and emotional experience for anyone who experiences it). Patel's suggestion that 'mixed heritage' adoption is a more helpful term, as it more accurately captures respondent's feelings that they have experienced/gained an additional racial identity through adoption, rather than having 'lost' one as the term 'trans-racial adoption' implies... deserves wider consideration... she has produced a really thoughtful and important book on trans-racial adoption and in so doing raised important wider questions about racial identities that need further debate." --Youthwork
"Tina Patel writes convincingly on a new way of thinking about the age-old chestnut of race and identity, especially in relation to black children of mixed parentage. Very well researched and referenced and guides the reader through the historical discussions and debates about race and identity, focusing especially on the contested narratives around transracial placement and the subsequent shift in UK policy and practice to promote 'same-race' placements for all children in need of adoption and fostering. Patel argues that a strict adherence to such policies of 'racial matching' are outdated and counter-productive for the placement needs of black children of mixed parentage, who are able to manage and negotiate competing and multiple identities in a meaningful way. Many individuals are able to manage and maintain multiple identities and to assume that all individuals with mixed ancestry can only choose to be 'Black' in order to maintain a positive identity is belittling, offensive and misleading. An excellent book, which is very readable and presents some original and thought-provoking ideas... a great resource for social workers and social work students working within the context of a multi-racial and increasingly pluralistic society." --Adoption and Fostering
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