ort has become increasingly critical in recent years). In a proclamation issued in 1972, the NABSW expressed its opinion that transracial adoption would destroy black culture by depriving African American children of a home environment that would give them "the total sense of themselves and [allow them to] develop a sound projection of their future" (quoted by Bartholet, 1993, p. 94). It labelled interracial adoption cultural "genocide."
Those fighting the NABSW's stand include a wide range of individuals and groups who are otherwise poles apart in their politics. Advocates include foster families who have waged extensive legal battles to try to adopt minority children placed in their temporary care. They are joined by a growing number of social workers who are confronted every day by the effects of policies that delay or deny interracial adoption. The most unlikely advocat
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