{"product_id":"in-their-parents-voices-reflections-on-raising-transracial-adoptees-hardcover","title":"In Their Parents' Voices: Reflections on Raising Transracial Adoptees - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRita James Simon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRhonda Roorda\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRita J. Simon and Rhonda M. Roorda's \u003ci\u003eIn Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories\u003c\/i\u003e shared the experiences of twenty-four black and biracial children who had been adopted into white families in the late 1960s and 70s. The book has since become a standard resource for families and practitioners, and now, in this sequel, we hear from the parents of these remarkable families and learn what it was like for them to raise children across racial and cultural lines. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese candid interviews shed light on the issues these parents encountered, what part race played during thirty plus years of parenting, what they learned about themselves, and whether they would recommend transracial adoption to others. Combining trenchant historical and political data with absorbing firsthand accounts, Simon and Roorda once more bring an academic and human dimension to the literature on transracial adoption.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe late Rita J. Simon was a University Professor in the School of Public Affairs and the Washington College of Law at American University in Washington, DC. She published thirty-seven books and edited nineteen and was the editor of \u003ci\u003eGender Issues\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRhonda Roorda was adopted into a white family in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. She is the recipient of the 2010 Judge John P. Steketee Adoption Hero Award from the Adoptive Family Support Network (MI). In 2017, Rhonda was awarded the Friend of Children and Youth Award from the North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC). She is coordinator of financial and support services at a nonprofit educational advocacy organization in Lansing, Michigan. She writes for \u003ci\u003eFostering Families TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAdoption TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e magazines.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 02, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754065101088,"sku":"9780231141369","price":198.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0908400626437e5d26a0cdecfbbe1fe9.webp?v=1780032633","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/in-their-parents-voices-reflections-on-raising-transracial-adoptees-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}