To What Extent Should Race (ethnicity and Culture) Be a Determining Factor in Adoptions?

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skin color is not going to ensure anyone that the child will receive all the love, support, encouragement that he or she needs. Thinking that race should be a deciding factor is such an old fashion and inadequate way of thinking , which shows no progression.

Although it seems fairly common sense to and simple to believe that race should not be a deciding factor in adoption, there can be arguments made for the other side. If race were looked at first, an “advantage” that could be , is that it may provide the child with some sort of identity, preventing a identity crisis later on in their life, which could lead to a very rebellious phase in the child’s life, where the potential of falling into the wrong path could easily be done. Knowing that their parents look somewhat like them could also provide the child with some comfort and could also allow them to learn a little more in depth of where they come from and history of their ancestors.

Overall after seeing both sides and the arguments they both presented, I would still have to coincide with my initial thoughts, which are that race should not be a deciding factor in the adoption of a child. I strongly believe that what should be the first priority in looking for a permanent placement for a foster child, is the love, support, security and stability that a family can provide the child with, not whether they have the same skin color or the same culture, Because in the end, what a child needs the most is loving and an abundance of it , in a home where they not only are wanted but where they belong.