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Kristin McOlvin Commentary While reading the September 1999 issue of Social Work: Journal of the National Association of Social Workers, I came across an article entitled “Symbolic Interactionism, African American Families and the Transracial Adoption Controversy”. It was written by Leslie Doty Hollingsworth PhD, the assistant professor in the school of social work at the University of Michigan. The article claims that by using symbolic interactionism, it can be seen that African Americans are a unique …

…Although it may be a rough adjustment and hard for a child to understand, with the proper love and guidance that child could become very well adjusted. No one is stopping this child from looking into their heritage, and no one says necessarily that a black family would support the culture. If someone is willing to take a child into their home, their skin color should be the last thing that people are worried about.