Instruct: Classify a review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Don't Bother

This was an incredibly disappointing book. It isn't even about transracial adoption--it's all about theorizing about race. The author talks about her theory of "racial navigation" as if she invented the idea! And you can't get a handle on what she's really talking about because it is totally removed from the reality of transracial adoptees' lives. If she had ever talked to someone who lived the situation she might realize that regardless of what she calls it, people are always doing it. I mean, if you are black and you have white parents and you've grown up around white people then you have no choice but to figure out how to "navigate" that. It isn't some great revelation that she bestows on us. It's a lot of pontificating supposedly about ethical choices adoptive parents make, but all she really talks about in that sense is whether or not it is racist for white parents to choose to adopt white kids. This is not a useful discussion. Don't waste money on this book.