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In White America - Interracial Children and Adoption (Hardcover) Loot Price: R606
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In White America - Interracial Children and Adoption (Hardcover): Paul Barlin

In White America - Interracial Children and Adoption (Hardcover)

Paul Barlin

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Jessica Keebler, director of the Los Angeles County Bureau of Adoptions in 1955, faces an almost insurmountable crisis. There's a logjam of unadoptable babies and a severe lack of adequate foster homes for these children. The crux of this issues rests with a statute in California's adoption law stating ..". an interracial child is a non-white and may be given only to a Negro family."Since Negro family applications to adopt are as rare as rain in the Mojave desert, the backlog of interracial babies threatens the structure of Keebler's department and her mental health. When Paul and Anne Barlin, a white family, say they will adopt a child "of any color, any national origin," Keebler believes she may have found a way to resolve this backlog of babies.To make this unusual adoption a reality, she must have the courage to flaunt the law or stand up to the state legislature and ask them to repeal the law. Her actions will determine if one at-risk child will be placed in a loving home. This one case has the potential to change the landscape of adoption forever.

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Imprint: Iuniverse, Inc.
Country of origin: United States
Release date: March 2011
First published: March 2011
Authors: Paul Barlin
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 978-1-4502-4141-0
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General
Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Family & other relationships > Adoption & tracing birth parents
Books > Biography > General
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LSN: 1-4502-4141-7
Barcode: 9781450241410

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