The complexion connection
Ideal light skin as vehicle of adoption process discrimination vis-à-vis social work practitioners
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2168843 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ronald E Hall (0000-0003-1339-4603, Michigan State University), Ellen E Whipple (0000-0002-7415-7735, Michigan State University) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 669-677 |
| Publication date | 2017-10-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1091-1359 • E-ISSN: 1540-3556 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10911359.2017.1321511 |
| OpenAlex | W2613852680 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 13 |
As it pertains to the adoption process, social work practice is in fact not a color-blind profession. The incidence of skin color discrimination by practitioners who place children is a consequence of the somatic norm image rooted in the mulatto hypothesis. Subsequently, light-skinned children are idealized at the expense of their dark-skinned counterparts as both are objectified. Discrepancies relative to skin color in the adoption process are a formidable challenge to investigate, given the limited available social work literature. While skin color as a demographic category may exist in the peer-reviewed literature, it is conspicuously absent from the databases which archive such literature. What is more, skin color discrimination is a breach of the National Association of Social Workers code of ethics. The elimination of adoption process discrimination will require macrostrategies grounded in policy. Said strategies for ethical adoptions couched in macropolicy must be fashioned from an evidence-based practice model
Connection (principal bundle · Ideal (ethics · Political science · Process (computing · Sociology · Work (physics · Computer Science · Engineering · Psychology · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics · Social Work · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |