Letters to the Editor

Abstract

It was not the intent of our committee to impede the practice of transracial adoption. However, we feel that this a very sensitive area of social practice and one in which hazards do exist. We recognize that there are humanitarian and psychological overtones in every adoption, but welfare of the individual child must receive the highest priority. Other considerations are of secondary importance. A previous statement, "Adoption of Black Children,"1 described the efforts that are being made to promote the placement of black children, both within their own race and transracially.