28 min listen
Trans-national adoption and "blending in"
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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Mar 6, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
At the end of the Korean War in 1953, the government launched an adoption program for orphans, most of whom went to white families in the USA and western Europe. Since then, an estimated 200,000 South Korean children have been adopted to Western countries. This week’s guest has conducted field research to explore their experience of the “trans-racial adoption paradox”: the feeling of belonging culturally while embodying difference, and the challenges faced by adopted people of colour navigating predominantly white communities and social worlds.
Released:
Mar 6, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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