Dual Identity and Stigma Avoidance

Dual Identity and Stigma Avoidance

To prepare for this Assignment:

Review the “Framework Essay” in Section II and Readings 22 and 23 in the course text. Pay particular attention to the concepts of covering, double consciousness, and stigma.

Review the podcast, Growing Up “White,” Transracial Adoptee Learned to Be Black. Gather your thoughts regarding the pros and cons of transracial adoption.

Reflect on how families involved in transracial adoptions relate to the concept of double consciousness.

Contemplate the advantages and disadvantages of covering and passing as a means of handling stigma related to race or identity.

Consider how race and ethnicity covering and passing can be used to both cause and resolve individual identity conflicts.

The Assignment (3–4 pages):

Describe the concerns held by both adoptive parents and adopted children in transracial families.

What other concerns would you add that were not discussed and why?

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Explain how the concerns you discussed in the first two questions relate to the concept of double consciousness.

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of race and ethnicity covering and passing.

Address how covering and passing can be used to both cause and resolve identity conflicts for both transracial adoptees and in general.

Support your Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation

Dual Identity and Stigma Avoidance

To prepare for this Assignment:

Review the “Framework Essay” in Section II and Readings 22 and 23 in the course text. Pay particular attention to the concepts of covering, double consciousness, and stigma.

Review the podcast, Growing Up “White,” Transracial Adoptee Learned to Be Black. Gather your thoughts regarding the pros and cons of transracial adoption.

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Reflect on how families involved in transracial adoptions relate to the concept of double consciousness.

Contemplate the advantages and disadvantages of covering and passing as a means of handling stigma related to race or identity.

Consider how race and ethnicity covering and passing can be used to both cause and resolve individual identity conflicts.

Dual Identity and Stigma Avoidance

The Assignment (3–4 pages):

Describe the concerns held by both adoptive parents and adopted children in transracial families.

What other concerns would you add that were not discussed and why?

Explain how the concerns you discussed in the first two questions relate to the concept of double consciousness.

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of race and ethnicity covering and passing.

Address how covering and passing can be used to both cause and resolve identity conflicts for both transracial adoptees and in general.

Support your Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation