Adoption - Race versus Culture

Dr. Joseph Crumbley the importance of not only speaking to your children about culture, but also race.

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Film & Animation

Tags:

• adoption
• documentary
• china
• korea
• racism
• culture

[camiguin]

very well said. i wish these clips were longer.

[Applebaum]

I think its problematic because white people for the most part dont really have to think about race.

[SuperScotty1966]

If they are still alive an If I have more family in the states or in Seoul?

I don't know what I can do about it, its hurtin everyday single day off my life

so my life is a mess hahahaha but I pray too God That someday I will see them aggain.

bless Ya'll. thank U for listening.

[goyavesETmangues]

@soojatoo

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WOW I am kind of sorry for you. I cant believe you ahave been feeling like that for 52 long years

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[soojatoo]

Being adopted, being Korean & Black, being told "not to tell anyone you are adopted", being told not to tell anyone you were born in Korea, being raised in the hood, being teased, chased, and beat up almost everday for being too yellow to be Black, being adopted for being to Brown to be Korean, now at 52 yrs old, I'm just being unable to put roots down anywhere, & if anyone asks, the bible says I'm identified with Christ...but even that doesn't resolve my issues of race & self identity.

[LeeMIlby]

@SuddenCatharsis

I wonder about this myself. Some of my natural mannerisms are very similar to some of my friends who grew up in asian cultures. It's also physically easier to speak Japanese or Chinese words for me than it is to pronounce some English ones, even though English is the only language i really know. I think the physical structure of the body has a huge influence on culture.

[flubno]

The kids are between a rock and a hard place. People are happy to give an orphan a family, and to give a couple who cant have kids a family, that they just put the 2 parties together and cross thier fingers and hope for the best. They don't tell you that adopting a kid from a different race and raise them far away from thier own race. Were they are different and the only one of their kind, can put the zap on a kids head.They might develop mental problems because of it.

[thunderheart226]

i think there is a big hole in his logic.asian is considered a high standard of beauty for girls in that sense hes wrong but for men then yes he is right since the standard for handsome men in america is always going to be black denzel will smith or white brad pit etc.same thing for hispanics its gonna be white hispanics like ricky martin or black mixed like arod but never native american/aztec like goerge lopez for men at least.

[message2blackwomen]

This principle also goes for BIRACIAL relationships! If you two are scared to talk about race with each other then you won't talk about it with the kids and problems will occur!

[SuddenCatharsis]

@snowballmouse Actually, there's another theory. Instead of seeing genetics and "culture" as mutually exclusive, there are many who suggest that the two are linked. There was a bird study in which a specific bird species sung a song which was passed from one generation to the next. In the study, they removed the parents and the baby birds eventually sung something quite different. With each successive generation however, the song came closer and closer to the original.

[crown4life]

@ShardedFire

lol...i have friends from peru who are like that..so its not just americans. but i always take my shoes off regardless when i go to their house, cuz i feel uncomfortable n its nasty.. but canadians take their shoes off..at least the houses ive been in. so i guess it depends on the family

[Efferts]

@Applebaum Untrue.

Being accused as the innate racists in the US, whites normally have to think about race when encountering folks of other ethnicities. Good intentions or tact mean nothing between members of different ethnicities if one suspects offense & the minority normally does.

An example is describing a black person as "articulate". It now means that you've never seen a bright black person. It no longer means just "articulate".