{"id":43386,"date":"2026-08-10T05:56:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T09:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spence-chapin.org\/?p=43386"},"modified":"2026-08-10T05:56:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T09:56:56","slug":"adoptionincommunitiesofcolor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spence-chapin.org\/yue\/adoptionincommunitiesofcolor\/","title":{"rendered":"ADOPTION IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">\u55ba2005\u5e7411\u6708\uff0c\u570b\u5bb6\u516c\u5171\u96fb\u53f0\uff08 NPR \uff09\u5605\u57c3\u5fb7 \u00b7 \u6208\u767b\u540c\u65af\u5f6d\u65af - \u67e5\u8cd3\u7576\u6642\u5605\u5bb6\u5ead\u6536\u990a\u52a9\u7406\u4e3b\u4efb\u5b89\u6771\u5c3c\u7279 \u00b7 \u300c\u6258\u5c3c\u300d \u00b7 \u79d1\u514b\u6f22\u59c6\u540c\u65af\u6f58\u65af - \u67e5\u6f58\u5605\u990a\u7236\u6bcd\u8389\u838e \u00b7 \u57c3\u666e\u68ee\u5750\u4f4e\uff0c\u8a0e\u8ad6\u975e\u6d32\u88d4\u7f8e\u570b\u4eba\u5605\u6536\u990a\u554f\u984c\u3002\u4f62\u54cb\u5605\u5c0d\u8a71\u7a81\u986f\u5497 Spence-Chapin \u975e\u6d32\u88d4\u7f8e\u570b\u4eba\u6536\u990a\u5605\u6b77\u53f2\uff0c\u7576\u6642\u5605\u4e00\u5572\u6311\u6230\uff0c\u540c\u57cb\u4f62\u5605\u8a31\u591a\u52dd\u5229\u3002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">\u55ba2019\u5e742\u670812\u865f\uff0c\u65af\u5f6d\u65af - 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