2019
DOI: 10.1177/2156759x20927416
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Microfictions and Microaggressions: Counselors’ Work With Transracial Adoptees in Schools

Abstract: In the United States, transracial adoptions make up 85% of international adoptions and 40% of all domestic adoptions, and most consist of White parents and adoptees of color. This article describes transracial adoptee population trends, provides a transracial adoptee student case illustration, and outlines suggestions for school counselors working with transracial adoptees, whose unique experiences include microfictions and microaggressions (transracial, racial, and adoption-related).

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“…Participants who previously had not given much thought to their birth parents described being actively reminded of them during COVID-19. While a successful birth parent search for Chinese transracial adoptees is especially difficult, given the circumstances of the One Child Policy and lack of accurate records about their adoptions (Palmer, 2011), participants feared a search might now be impossible if their birth parents died during the pandemic. The highly infectious nature of a virus that originated in China amplifies the prospect of losing two sets of parents (i.e., birth and adoptive parents) for Chinese transracial adoptees.…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…Participants who previously had not given much thought to their birth parents described being actively reminded of them during COVID-19. While a successful birth parent search for Chinese transracial adoptees is especially difficult, given the circumstances of the One Child Policy and lack of accurate records about their adoptions (Palmer, 2011), participants feared a search might now be impossible if their birth parents died during the pandemic. The highly infectious nature of a virus that originated in China amplifies the prospect of losing two sets of parents (i.e., birth and adoptive parents) for Chinese transracial adoptees.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Transracial adoptees may also feel judged when their non-Asian names are questioned by others (Reynolds et al, 2017). Overall, these microaggressions undermine the connection Asian transracial adoptees have not only to the U.S., but also to their White adoptive families (Park-Taylor & Wing, 2020).…”
Section: Anti-asian Sentiment Amidst the Coronavirus Pandemicmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Researchers and clinicians may benefit from understanding the complexity of female Chinese adoptees’ identity negotiation, feeling of being in racial limbo, motivation to advocate for racial justice, and the opportunities and risks involved in initiating race discussions within White homes. Our participants’ narratives can help inform educators’ and providers’ adoption competence when working with transracial adoptive families (Atkinson, 2020; Park-Taylor & Wing, 2020), particularly by attending to the unique clinical needs based on the respective racial realities of transracial adoptees and their parents. Additionally, knowledge of the intricate interpersonal and intrapersonal racial dynamics in transracial adoptees’ lives has implications for enhancing culturally competent training for White adoptive parents with children of color.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Inadequate or limited racial or ethnic socialization creates an especially consequential situation when transracially adopted children and adolescents experience microaggressions and racism. Such experiences frequently occur in school settings from insensitive instructional practices, teasing/bullying by peers (Park & Wing, 2020;Branco & Brott 2017), and in homogenized communities where transracially adopted children find themselves isolated from other members of their racial and ethnic group (Krieder & Raleigh, 2016). Further the noticeable racial and ethnic differences between children and adoptive parents can result in intrusive questioning as well as adoption-related microaggressive comments from others (Baden, 2016;Miller et al, 2020).…”
Section: Cultural Socialization Racism and Microaggressionsmentioning
confidence: 99%