perpetual reminder that he or she does not belong naturally. Consequently the ultimate goal, the state of belonging, is continually being challenged.
             In 1972 the National Association of Black Social Workers compared interracial adoption to "cultural genocide." They believe that the widespread practice of interracial adoption destroys the racial identity of black children, and that racial and cultural needs should be considered more. Thus, the NABSW doubt that white people can raise children to be proud, confident African American adults. There are concerned that their ethnicity is not being preserved (Jones 10). There is a difference in the way that whites and blacks rear children. Racism, white supremacy, etc. all affect white and black people's attitudes. The NABSW believes that interracial adoption dooms kids to confusion and alienation as they grow up because " . . .only a black family can equip a black child with the psychological armor needed to fight racial prejudice"(Brophy 72). White parents cannot raise black children to cope with a racist society. Placing a black child with a white family tears them from!
             their culture and leaves them unprepared to face life as an African American.
             Others view trans-racial adoption as a selfish act by prospective white parents who get double benefits from the adoption. White adoptive parents appear virtuous to others because they are rescuing a child from "orphanhood" and racial disadvantage, when in fact their motives are not always sincere. It appears that whites are adopting to extend a hand to a poor victimized black child. Their actions are "liberal rescue at its most generous- and its most dangerous"(Howe 17). Some consider trans-racial adoption an attempt to atone for past and present discrimination against children of color by providing them with the benefits of permanency. Choosing the same race "helps to eas...