Yes: race-matching is horrendous

Article Abstract:

The Multiethnic Placement Act of 1993 errs in making the child's race a permissible factor in deciding who is an appropriate adoptive parent. The act encourages devotees of racial steering and delays the adoptions of thousands of children, perhaps forever. In the absence of intraracial agreement on how best to raise a child, parents of a given race are no better equipped than any others to raise a child of that race. The act also encourages govt distinctions along racial lines, a longstanding problem.

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No: drawing racial lines has a toxic effect on society

Article Abstract:

Color-conscious jury selection would deepen the racial lines and poisonous race consciousness that already divide US society, probably outweighing the laudable benefits its backers propound. That approach raises many difficult questions regarding who is a minority and how many must be in a population to be represented on a jury. Entrenching racialism further merely exacerbates the problem, rather than encouraging everyone to develop better habits of mind.

Analysis, Demographic aspects, Race relations, Jury selection

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No: cultural heritage is important

Article Abstract:

Adoption by a family of the same race can help a child adjust to the changes adoption brings. The Multiethnic Placement Act of 1993 also encourages agencies to seek more diverse families for adoption, an urgent process. The act's critics want to eliminate consideration of the issues of race, gender, and national origin in adoption, but that would reduce minority adoption rates and might harm some children.

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