In Their Siblings' Voices shares the stories of twenty white
non-adopted siblings who grew up with black or biracial brothers and
sisters in the late 1960s and 1970s. Belonging to the same families
profiled in Rita J. Simon and Rhonda M. Roorda's In Their Own Voices:
Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories and In Their Parents' Voices:
Reflections on Raising Transracial Adoptees, these siblings offer their
perspectives on the multiracial adoption experience, which, for them,
played out against the backdrop of two tumultuous, politically charged
decades. Simon and Roorda question whether professionals and adoption
agencies adequately trained these children in the challenges presented
by blended families, and they ask if, after more than thirty years, race
still matters. Few books cover both the academic and the human
dimensions of this issue. In Their Siblings' Voices helps readers
fully grasp the dynamic of living in a multiracial household and its
effect on friends, school, and community.