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An exploration of transracial adoption and race in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2024.
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/130254 An exploration of transracial adoption and race in Post-Apartheid South Africa Meyers, Terri-Leigh Walters, Handri Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Sociology and Social Anthropology. Interracial adoption Racially mixed families South Africa -- Race relations Post-apartheid era -- South Africa UCTD Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2024. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South African families have been formed through Transracial Adoption (TRA) since the introduction of the Child Care Amendment Act 86 of 1991, which abolished the Apartheid state requirement for ‘same-race’ adoption and thus allowed a shift in the legal boundaries that made the possibility of constituting a ‘transracial’ family possible. Even though Apartheid ended, it does not imply that race is no longer a problem or does not pose some challenges. Since Apartheid has had a lasting effect on South Africa, transracially adoptive families operate in a country where racial tensions and segregation continue to shape the experiences of South Africans. This research explored transracial adoption, more specifically the experiences of being part of a transracial family, formed through the process of adoption and its challenges and joys, as it relates to race in particular. This included how these families' conceptualisation of race, the process of racialisation, and forms of racism were encountered both within and outside the family. This research explored the meaning of race by asking the question: what do family members’ accounts and experiences of transracial adoption, and life as a family constituted by this process, tell us about race, racism, and racialisation in South Africa? This research followed a qualitative approach of semi-structured interviews with three families, together with one adult who identified as a transracial adoptee in South Africa. The participants received a variety of comments and reactions regarding their family dynamic, as well as experienced a wide range of challenges. Despite the challenges, the participants overwhelmingly described their experience as a transracially adoptive family as positive. Many, if not all, highlighted the love and connection within their families and, regardless of racial differences, parents expressed the joy of raising their adopted children and witnessing their growth. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Suid-Afrikaanse gesinne is gevorm deur Veelrassige Aanneming (VRA) sedert die instelling van die Wysigingswet op Kindersorg 86 van 1991, wat die Apartheidstaat se vereiste vir “selfde-ras” aanneming afgeskaf het en dus ’n verskuiwing in die wetlike grense toegelaat het, wat dit moontlik gemaak het om ’n “veelsrassige” gesin te vorm. Al het Apartheid geëindig, impliseer dit nie dat ras nie meer ’n probleem is of ’n paar uitdagings inhou nie. Aangesien Apartheid ’n blywende uitwerking op Suid-Afrika gehad het, lewe veelrassige aanneem gesinne in ’n land waar rassespanning en segregasie steeds die ervarings van Suid-Afrikaners vorm. Hierdie navorsing het veelrassige aanneming ondersoek, meer spesifiek die ervarings om deel te wees van ’n veelrassige gesin, wat gevorm word deur die proses van aanneming en die uitdagings en vreugdes daarvan, soos dit veral met ras verband hou. Dit het ingesluit hoe hierdie gesinne se konseptualisering van ras, die proses van rassialisering en vorme van rassisme, beide binne en buite die gesin, teëgekom is. Hierdie navorsing het die betekenis van ras ondersoek deur die vraag te vra: wat vertel familielede se weergawes en ervarings van veelrassige aanneming, en die lewe as ’n gesin wat deur hierdie proses gevorm word, vir ons oor ras, rassisme en rassialisering in Suid-Afrika? Hierdie navorsing het ’n kwalitatiewe navorsingstudie gevolg van semi-gestruktureerde onderhoude met drie gesinne, tesame met een volwassene wat identifiseer is as ’n veelrassige aangenome in Suid-Afrika. Die deelnemers het ’n verskeidenheid van kommentaar en reaksies rakende hul gesinsdinamiek ontvang, asook ’n wye reeks uitdagings ervaar. Ten spyte van die uitdagings het die deelnemers met oorweldigheid hul ervarings as ’n veelrassige gesin as positief beskryf. Baie, indien nie almal nie, het die liefde en verbintenis binne hul gesinne uitgelig en, ongeag die verskil in ras, het die ouers die vreugdes uitgespreek om hulle aangenome kinders groot te maak en hul groei te aanskou. Masters 2024-02-29T13:38:59Z 2024-04-26T10:55:00Z 2024-02-29T13:38:59Z 2024-04-26T10:55:00Z 2024-03 Thesis https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/130254 en Stellenbosch University 63 pages application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Interracial adoption Racially mixed families South Africa -- Race relations Post-apartheid era -- South Africa UCTD Meyers, Terri-Leigh An exploration of transracial adoption and race in Post-Apartheid South Africa |
| title | An exploration of transracial adoption and race in Post-Apartheid South Africa |
| title_full | An exploration of transracial adoption and race in Post-Apartheid South Africa |
| title_fullStr | An exploration of transracial adoption and race in Post-Apartheid South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | An exploration of transracial adoption and race in Post-Apartheid South Africa |
| title_short | An exploration of transracial adoption and race in Post-Apartheid South Africa |
| title_sort | exploration of transracial adoption and race in post apartheid south africa |
| topic | Interracial adoption Racially mixed families South Africa -- Race relations Post-apartheid era -- South Africa UCTD |
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