ABSTRACT
This chapter begins with the historical and socio-political context that gave rise to the practice of transracial adoption, followed by the socio-political context which ensures that transracial adoption continues as a permanency placement option for looked-after children in England. It explains the experiences of adopted adults who have been placed domestically and transracially in the UK, in order to examine the lifelong effect of transracial adoption. The chapter provides some key experiences of transracially adopted children and adults. There is a dearth of literature concerning the experiences of domestic transracially adopted children and adults in the UK. In line with practice in the 1990s and 2000s of taking account of race and ethnicity among a range of important considerations when matching children and prospective adoptive parents, transracial adoption has continued as a placement option for black and minority ethnic children, particularly disabled children.
