Check out our new unplanned pregnancy community website. Find support and informative articles about unplanned pregnancy.
Biracial
biracial
A child of mixed race; usually refers to a child born to a black parent and a white parent.
Some agencies place biracial children with white families, while others are opposed to such placements believing biracial children should be placed with black families. The presumption is that society identifies biracial children as black. (See also TRANSRACIAL ADOPTION.)
advertisement
Find more information on biracial
 |
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
©2000 by Christine Adamec and William Pierce, Ph.D. Reprinted from The Encyclopedia of Adoption, 2nd Edition (2nd Edition) with permission of Facts On File, Inc.
Change
Change Location
Specifying your location helps us to provide resources and information specific to your area. To specify your location, use the 'Settings' tab at the bottom right of the page.
advertisement
Sponsored Links
Find an adoption social worker or agency who can help. Start today!
Home-Study.Adoption.com
Parent Profiles
Brigham & Sally (AZ)
We want to provide the kind of home that will allow a child to accomplish anything he or she dreams. [more]
Adoption Tips
When adopting internationally, it's important to remember the customs and cultures of the country in which you're visiting and be respectful and mindful of those customs and cultures while you're a guest in their country.
Adoption Photolisting
Christopher (CA / 16 / M)
Christopher is a WONDERFUL, soft-spoken boy who knows what he wants out of life: “When I grow up, I want to be a firefighter! I want to learn the techniques to save people!” Not... [more]
Adoption E-Magazine