Tag: racism is hard to process when the perpetrators are your own family

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.

Gabby Malpas on Racism

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Gabby shares with adoptive parents about racism as part of ICAVs submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission's National Anti-Racism Framework consult.