Transracial Adoption

This quiz is based on the following article from the blog Diary of a Not-So-Angry Asian Adoptee:

1. True or False: Because your adopted child will adopt the culture of your family, so it's not important to expose them to the culture of their birth.

True

False

2. Which of the following does a transracial adoptive parent need?

Active relationships with people from the child's race.

An acceptance that they won't be able to raise a child with a healthy cultural identity without help

A willingness to step outside of their comfort zone.

All of the above.

3. True or False: We live in a colorblind world.

True

False

4. Which of the following is NOT a way that parents can honor a child's racial and cultural identity?

Reading cultural bedtime stories.

Displaying artwork in the home that reflects the child's culture and ethnicity.

Watching television shows that satirize the child's birth culture.

Preparing ethnic meals.

5. True or False: To develop a firm sense of cultural identity, a transracially adopted child needs to interact with people from his or her birth race on a regular basis.

True

False

6. Which of the following is true of transracially adopted children?

Their racial identity will change throughout their lives.

They will likely experience racism during their lives.

They will be scrutinized closely by members of their own race.

All of the above.

7. True or False: When transracial adoptive parents don't understand everything about a child's racial background or birth culture, they are failing their children.

True

False

8. Which of the following will happen when you adopt a child from a different race?

Your friends and neighbors will all stop talking to you.

Your life will change in unexpected ways.

You will become a model for your child regarding how to view differences.

B & C