discussion 6

Reading

(1) Buzzfeed News. "Asian American Adoptees Are Grappling With Incomplete Histories And Cultural Gatekeepers"

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tanyachen/asian-american-adoptees-connect-identity

(2) Laybourn 2018 - Being a Transnational Korean Adoptee Becoming Asian American

(3) Why Are So Many Korean Americans Adopted?" by AJ+

https://youtu.be/huorWQ-gTC0

Discussion (1)

In Laybourn’s article, she states that "many of the Korean adoptees interviewed in her study identified as White growing up (pg. 32), most had felt firmly rooted in their White Adoptive families, and had negative perceptions of being Korean" (pg. 33). An interviewee in Chen’s article in Buzzfeed “spent a majority of her teenage years hating being Korean.” Discuss what aspects of Systems of Oppression could play an influencing factor in the experiences of the Adoptees featured in these two readings. Use quotes from the articles to support your insight

(300 word)

Discussion (2)

responses to at least one (1) of your classmates

(150 words)

Discussion (3)

In at least 250 words, name the  types of Power and  aspects of Systems of Oppression present in the experiences of Asian American Adoptees . Use quotes from any of featured adoptees in the videos and readings this week. Then reflect on Buzzfeed reporter Tanya Chen’s question in this week’s reading: “What does reclamation look like for those who grew up feeling disconnected from their own ethnic identity?”