What is the advantages of the Intercultural adoption and disadvantages of intercultural adoption?

Question

Using example from the "stolen generation" and overseas adoption to support your arguments.

Answer 1

I think the disadvantages and advantages are pretty equal on both sides.

Answer 2

I was under the impression that the Stolen Generation refers to Aboriginal Adoptees in Australia. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

As a bi-racial adoptee myself who was raised by all white parents, I lost most of my culture.

That brought HUGE disadvantages to me. I felt like I was white and didn't like my olive skin. I didn't know my families multiple languages, I didn't know even where or who I came from. It was hard to do something as simple as look in the mirror.

The disadvantages would be:

loss of heritage

loss of language

loss of religion

loss of sense of self

loss of genetic / cultural mirroring

I think that when adopted within ones culture, by a family who gets it you can learn about your people. The advantages could possibly be :

a more positive sense of self by knowing who(what clan) and where we come from.

a celebration of relation to a group/body of people who share a simliar DNA to you.

Knowing the adoptees language

Adoptee being treated w/ respect as a person ( to my understanding some of the "stolen generation" were used a house keepers for their white adoptive parents )( which doesn't mean that AP's w/ different cultures can't treat the child w/ respect, I think theres a connection though, of being from the same culture between people )

Here is an article : the coming home of the cootamundra sisterhood

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/awaye/stories/2...

Please teach me more about this, I'd like to learn more. If you can share, i want to listen.