Interracial adoption is an unhealthy thing for adoptees and challenges them to learn about their native culture. While it may provide a better economic life and educational life, it deprives one of cultural knowledge and perhaps even ethical traits. “While adoption materially improves the lives of many individual children, at the same time, it burdens adoptees throughout their lives with enormous psychological challenges and emotional obstacles that must be continually renegotiated at different stages of life.” (Raible) The moment you adopt across racial lines, your family is multicultural. Unfortunately, not all American communities have the same number of interracial families. Thanks to interracial adoption, the number of multiracial families in America is growing exponentially, but there are many communities and cities where these families still have only one culture. While it may seem like a good idea, it lacks diversity, which if not taken correctly leads to racism. Both adoptive parents must agree to the transracial adoption. An adoptive parent who claims that his or her child's race and ethnicity has little or no importance ultimately fails to recognize, accept, and know a crucial part of that child's identity. Finally, insisting that a child's race "doesn't matter much" often means ignoring it, and this fails to prepare adoptees for the very difficult challenges she or he may face as a member of a racial and/or ethnic minority in the United States. United. States. Also showing the deterioration in celebrating and loving the child they have. Not every parent should adopt a child who comes from a different ethnic background unless they are willing to teach the child why “Some white professional… middle of paper… Heb. New England Advertising Journal. April 14, 2014.Kroll, Joe, et al. “Transracial adoptions from foster care pose unique challenges.” Are adoption policies fair? Ed. Cristina Watkins. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2012. In question. Rpt. from “Finding Families for African American Children: The Role of Race and the Law in Foster Care Adoption.” www.adoptioninstitute.org. 2008. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Network. April 17, 2014. Samuel GM “Being raised and building kinship with white people.” NC Live Database.Cambridge: 2010. Databases in context. Network. April 7, 2014.Raible, John. “Transracial adoption is both a blessing and a curse for adoptees.” Interracial America. Ed. Noah Berlatsky. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2012. Opposing Views. Rpt. from “Introduction: Transracial Adoption and Social Justice.” Johnraible.wordpress.com. Opposing points of view in context. Network. April 17. 2014.