Double Consciousness And Avoiding Stigma

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.