Analyzing Ethical Conflict in the Transracial Adoption Debate: Three Conflicts Involving Community

Hypatia 11 (2):1 - 33 (1996)
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This essay explores ethical conflicts underlying the discourse of the policy debate about transracial adoption, focusing on the adoption of Black children by whites. Three underlying conflicts are analyzed, namely, the values of equality versus community, interracial community versus multiculturalism, individuality versus racial-ethnic community. The essay concludes with observations on multicultural families

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10.1111/j.1527-2001.1996.tb00662.x

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