White on black: Can white parents teach black adoptive children how to understand and cope with racism?

Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1195-1230

  Smith, Darron T ^a   Juarez, Brenda G ^b   Jacobson, Cardell K ^c  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cultural socialization; racial inculcation; transracial adoption

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FAMILY SIZE; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOPTION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PREJUDICE; RACE RELATIONS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053624510     PISSN: 00219347     EISSN: 15524566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021934711404237     Document Type: Article

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