Untangling a historic issue: African Americans and the state of adoption

There is historic evidence that many African Americans encounter difficulties when going the process of becoming foster or adoptive parents. Often many of them are screened out from the process or they find that the paper work is overwhelming and intrusive of their personal life. The outcomes of the surveys that were completed were analyzed though the SPSS computer program. The participants were 37 African American individuals that voluntary participated in the research. The data collected found that African Americans find the adoption process (paperwork) to be difficult to complete as well as intrusive. The research also found that of the African Americans who either foster or adopted their experience with social workers was not helpful when going through the process. Many African Americans felt there is a need for social workers to be more culturally competent when it comes to working with African American families and children.