About this episode

This episode explores the complexities faced by Black children adopted by white families, highlighting the challenges of transracial adoption.

Adoption is often viewed as a happy ending, and sometimes it is! But for Thenedra, her experiences as a child in the foster care system and later as a trans-racial adoptee were — and still are — much more complicated than that. This is an episode about what can happen when trans-racial foster and adoptive parents are not just unprepared to raise traumatized children, but also unprepared to raise Black children in a predominantly white society. References: The National Association of Black Social Workers’ 1972 position statement on transracial adoption 1984 study on the long-term effects of trans-racial adoption Children of color disproportionately likely to enter foster care system Watch us on YouTube here! Listen to Geoffrey’s album on Spotify and Apple! Our Sponsors: ❤️ Refresh your everyday with luxury you'll actually use. Head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Quince.com/TFA⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too. Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Quince.com/TFA⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for free shipping and 365-day returns. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Quince.com/TFA⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ❤️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shop Everyday Cotton, and all of my favorite bras and underwear, at SKIMS.com. After you place your order, be sure to let them know we sent…

People in this episode

Guest: Thenedra

Topics covered

• transracial adoption
• foster care
• racial identity
• child trauma
• parenting
• societal challenges

Keywords

• transracial adoption
• foster care system
• Black children
• white families
• trauma
• parenting challenges
• racial identity

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SKIMS, FORIA

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The National Association of Black Social Workers

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