Kayla shares the powerful dichotomies of being an Asian adoptee in a family who refuse to see race but love her as their own.
Tag: Asian American
Racism as an Asian Adoptee
by Josh Woerthwein adopted from Vietnam to the USA. I've decided to share my own experiences with racism, because current events have got me reminiscing about the past. Let's not get it twisted: much worse has happened to much better people than me. But I do think it's important that people know that racism has …
Hurtful Words
by Wes Liu, adopted from China to the USA. Artwork by Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom COVID continues to spread within our communities because people continue to lack seriousness when facing it. Chinese people continue to be blamed. While Asian ethnicities include countless unique, beautiful, and distinguishable cultures, many who are outside of the Asian diaspora can’t …
My Asian American Adoptee Experience
Ming Foxweldon shares for #AAPIHM what it's like to be Asian American.
An Adoptee’s Take on “Crazy Rich Asians”
There are a lot of opinions and pieces surrounding Crazy Rich Asians right now. I am simply adding to the chorus, but from a slightly different perspective as a Chinese American intercountry adopted person. As an adoptee who watched Crazy Rich Asians, it is hard to describe all of the feelings I felt while sitting …