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• Source: New York Times
• Date: August 17, 2006
• URL: Read the story
• Bylines: Lynette Clemetson , Ron Nixon
• Topics: Demographics
• Data Types: Federal Data
• Description/Excerpt: Lynette Clemetson and Ron Nixon of the New York Times used federal records and data maintained by Cornell University to show that "in 2004, 26 percent of black children adopted from foster care, about 4,200, were adopted transracially, nearly all by whites. That is up from roughly 14 percent, or 2,200, in 1998." A graphic illustrates the trends in the adoption of children of a different race.
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