There are too many barriers that stop Black children being adopted. Change is needed now.
Though more Black adopters are needed, those that do come forward are put off by the system
JUST 60 OF the 3,570 looked after children who were adopted in England during 2019, were Black or Black British, data from the Department for Education (DfE) shows.
According to a recent Adoption UK report, less than 5% of adoptive parents come from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, and of those only a quarter identified as Black.
Assumptions about the types of people that can adopt, and Black people’s mistrust of authorities can be barriers. However, the problem isn’t always a lack of Black adoptive parents.