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Pros And Cons Of Ethnic Adoption

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An important part of adoption is finding the right people who will be able to ensure the well-being and care of a child. However, even if a family meets all the necessary requirements and is able to fulfill the duties of raising a child, they can be turned away because of one small factor: ethnicity. Ethnicity was such a big deal that the government made adjustments to the adoption process, demanding the ethnicities of both parents and child be taken into account to ensure they would be compatible. Since then, those requirements have been revoked due to changing ideals of what it means to be a family. Family is a bond on love and togetherness and not just the same race, origin, or religion. Decades ago, the fight for ethnically diverse families was hard, with the older generation not being as accepting as newer generations. As time goes on, more and more ethnic families appear through both biological children and adoptive children. There are many positives and negatives to ethnic adoption and even any adoption. …show more content…

A family can adopt for multiple reasons, such as the woman or the man not having the ability to bear a child or just wanting to adopt from the millions of children who do not have a home or family. When putting a child up for adoption the parents have to give up all rights and responsibilities of their child. The parents usually also have to give up all affiliations with their child, but in some cases the parents are allowed to be a part of the child’s life in some way, if the new family accepts

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