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Expectations of Gratitude in Adoption

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Lynelle shares about the burden of being expected to be grateful in being adopted.

Intrusive Interactions

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By Sunny Reed Being a South Korean adoptee in an all-white New Jersey town was tough. Racism was sandwiched between episodic public speculations like “Where are you from? No, where are you really from?” and “What is your REAL name?” Sara Docan-Morgan, professor at the University of Wisconsin, calls those awkward questions “intrusive interactions." Today's …

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