Kirsten Wonder Albrecht

Kirsten Wonder Albrecht is the president of the TransRacial Adoption Group (TRA Group), an international organization that is dedicated to finding permanent adoptive homes for minority children and coordinating support groups for transracial adoptees and their families. In the following viewpoint, Albrecht contends that transracial adoptions should be encouraged because efforts to find minority homes for minority children are often unsuccessful and result in the child’s placement in foster or institutional care settings. She argues that existing transracial adoption practices discourage potential parents from adopting minority children, prolonging the period that such children endure living in harmful or unstable environments.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. According to the author, what are some ways transracial adoption practices discourage prospective adoptive parents?
2. How does Albrecht support her argument that the cultural competence...