Children from ethnic minority backgrounds take (on average) three times longer to be adopted than children from white backgrounds. Is it because families only want white children? No, this is completely false. Social workers prevent white families or couples from adopting children of a different race. Maybe because families are unable to care for a child? Again, this is fallacious. Social workers wait for a “perfect match” (matching a black child with a black family, for example) even if it means the child will never be adopted. The revised Adoption Guidance, which came into force on 1 April 2011, states that preventing a family from adopting a child of a different ethnic origin from their own “is not child-centred and is unacceptable”. Therefore, the question is; Is a child's cultural background more important than their well-being? Given that the UK is “incompetent” at carrying out “successful transracial adoption”, the number of children awaiting foster care is absurd. Fiscal year 1998 showed that approximately 65% ​​of children awaiting foster care were from an ethnic minority background; 35% were white. Of all children waiting for adoption, 51% are black. Before World War II it was peculiar for white couples to adopt a child of a different culture, and every effort was made to match the child to the skin color and religion of the adoptive family. Recently, a social worker said he had little guarantee that white people would ever “understand racism.” He concludes that unless we have a color-blind world, interracial adoptions will never be effective. Some British social workers' concerns - that white parents may not understand... middle of paper... .Derrick Campbell argues: 'No, it's not.' Derrick Campbell: A man who doesn't seem to be able to understand that a child's primary needs are love, care and attention. He should keep his narrow, parochial opinions to himself. It took us years to decide that it was not acceptable to prevent a family from adopting a child from an ethnic minority. I can't understand why it took so long, but the adoption service has finally opened their eyes and realized that a child needs love! Yes, our heritage matters. But is it more important than a child's needs? Works Cited http://www.minorityperspective.co.uk/2010/11/02/the-hidden-factors-of-the-transracial-adoption-debate/http://www .trixonline.co.uk/website/ news/pdf/policy_briefing_No-14.pdfhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-12513403http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pEqYLlhpDg