Inside Transracial Adoption
by Gail Steinberg, Beth Hall
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Author: Beth Hall, Gail SteinbergEdition: Hardcover
Published: 2000-11
ISBN: 0944934242
Number of pages: 405
Publisher: Perspectives Press (IN)
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Book Review: Badly-edited, offensive tripe.
Summary: 1 Stars
Gail Steinberg and Beth Hall, Inside Transracial Adoption (Perspectives Press, 2000)
The more books I encounter from Perspectives Press (and as my wife and I are in the process of adopting a child, I've been seeing a lot of them over the past six months or so), the more I wonder if it's not a vertical-market vanity press. Inside Transracial Adoption is just the latest link in the chain. The editing and proofreading, if any were done, were shoddy, making the book even tougher to read than its subject matter would dictate, which is a vanity press hallmark. That, and I can't remember the last time I said this about bad proofreading, is the least of the book's problems.
While the title and cover photos might lead you to believe that the book is a general primer for anyone adopting a child of a different race, once you actually start reading, it becomes obvious that the book was written specifically for white people adopting non-white people. It's pretty dangerous territory if the authors have any sort of ulterior agenda, and that they do also becomes obvious pretty quickly. Where there is an agenda, a fertile breeding ground, and a lack of editorial input, logical fallacies are sure to sprout. And here we get to the heart of the problem. There are enough straw men in this book to scare away every crow presently living on the planet. "White is right, Asians are the model minority (almost like white.) [sic] If you're brown, get down, if you're black, step back." (44) is not the type of verbiage one expects to find in a manual about adoption, and the idea that it's promoting-- institutionalized racism in "popular culture and music"-- is simply ludicrous. Take a quick look at Billboard's top 20 albums and singles for any of the last twenty years or so and we'll talk about white privilege. (Since I happen to have 2007 to hand, we find Akon, Fergie [who also landed the top-selling single], Beyonce, Kanye West, and Jay-Z riding the stratosphere. White privilege, indeed!)
Need it be said that assuming all whites are racist is a form of racism in itself? Do yourself a favor and look for something a little more balanced. (zero)
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