Korean adoptees

By the time I embraced Korean culture, it was suddenly desirable. Being Korean was cool. Having my birth culture enter the mainstream was complicated as an American-raised adoptee. I felt guilty that I didn’t know about Korean culture until it was popular and embarrassed that I didn’t grow up the child of Korean parents or with any connection to Korean culture. I felt guilty because I did not feel like I had earned the benefits of the Korean brand.
Samantha Rauer
May 11, 2021
Poet Tiana Nobile on Adoption and Uncovering Submerged Narratives through Erasure
Leah Silvieus
November 14, 2017
Elizabeth Woyke
August 15, 2012

Korean adoptees are flocking to their birth country—changing the landscape of international adoptions.

May 1, 2005