Tag: race and adoption

Intercountry adoptees as transracial immigrants in the USA

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Kris shares the realities faced as a transracial intercountry adoptee in the USA, alert for racial profiling and fearing harmful interactions.

Racial Abuse & Hatred

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Jonti, adopted from Sri Lanka to Australia shares about racial hatred and abuse and how it impacts.

Afrocentric

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Ebony Hickey, a Haitian Australian intercountry adoptee performed in Afrocentric at the Victorian Gallery of Victoria. We share her voice performance and photos

Lived Experience of Racism in Transracial Intercountry Adoption

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ICAVs panel webinar on the Lived Experience of Racism in Transracial Intercountry Adoption.