Moving beyond the controversy of the transracial adoption of black andbiracial children: Transracial adoption of black and biracialchildren

Handbook of Adoption: Implications for Researchers, Practitioners, and Families

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 133-148

  Roorda, Rhonda M ^a  

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DOI: 10.4135/9781412976633.n9     Document Type: Chapter

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