The Sociological Perspective of Interracial Adoption and Child Development

Abstract

Transracial adoption or interracial adoption is becoming quite popular worldwide as the number of people who are against racism is increasing. The particular article sheds light on the societal views of Indian society on interracial adoption as most of the Indian population still believes in racism. Acceptance of inter-cultural people and interracial children is low in India and people believe that interracial adoption is not good for a particular culture. The researcher has arranged a survey among the people between 25 and 50 for gaining their respective opinions on interracial adoption. A total of 51 participants from different occupations have provided their opinions which are collected as data and evaluated in this study. The results are properly discussed for a better understanding about the perspective of society towards interracial adoption in India. It is identified as a result that most of the people still disagree that interracial adoption can be beneficial for social development. All the findings are converted into graphs and statistics with the use of SPSS software which are elaborated significantly. . Keyword : Cultural Discrimination, Interracial Adoption, Racism, Social Norms, Social Perspective