korean adoptee on overseas adoption

my thoughts as an intercountry korean adoptee
http://www.stephaniedrenka.com

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[Traces1000]

and so what if you cant fit into a racist country...just go out and protest for human right u dumb ass

[stephxhoney]

@Traces1000 i've actually done that on multiple occasions. what is YOUR greatest contribution to society? leaving mean-spirited comments on random people's youtube channels?

[MrAsianmusicman]

@stephxhoney Traces1000 gets a thumbs DOWN from me!

[stephxhoney]

@MrAsianmusicman thank you ^.^

[JohnWesleyMethodist]

Adoption is such a mess and people are so daft about it. They think they are such great people and so religious because they adopted a baby. Why not show your goodness and love by caring for the mother and enabling her to raise the child herself? No one is interested in that. They couldn't care less what happens to the birthmother after the adoption. In fact, they don't want the birthmother to even ever see the child again. Selfish! Adoption is selfish!

[stephxhoney]

@JohnWesleyMethodist actually, my parents are very grateful to my birth mother and do want me to find her someday.

[southkorean1988]

@stephxhoney

some reading for those interested in reading about discrimination against Asian Americans and their experiences

Rosalind S. Chou's book (The Myth of the Model Minority)

A group called model minority songs Vincent Who and Where did you go?

I am very grateful for my parents as an asian American adoptee

Where (In korea) are you originally from? I was born in Daejeon and from Seoul.

was adopted through SWS

What was your original name?

[MRSTeunis]

What a beautiful testimony. Your parents must be just so proud of you and such wonderful people to have raised you to be so smart and confidant and articulate. You and they were obviously blessed by your adoption experience.

[xxzunitxx]

my professor is making us watch ur videos for Asian American class!

u are famous!! lol n i know Depaul i go to UIC!

but to your video/response, i think you are right in that there are other factors such as systematic and transnational forces that do play a part n i think def the ultimate cost is at the expense of the children, which is why this is a large scale issue.

[leinani10]

Thanks for sharing the other side of adoptees. I just watched the video you were talking about,where she mentioned that she and other adoptees were on the same page and she was against international adoptions. I was hoping that there was something more positive out there. I believe that the times have changed a lot when it comes to adopting from other countries. Now, many adoptive parents actually bring their adoptive children's cultures in the homes, where 20 or 30 years ago,they wouldn't have.

[MrAsianmusicman]

@stephxhoney You're pretty and I stick up for my fellow Koreans.

[BuffonSarutobi]

Some Korean parents come to Japan to abandon their handicapped kids.

[ObamaBiden20082012]

@ObamaBiden20082012 cont. But Americans and the American media is strongly inclined to view Korea in a very positive light, almost to a racist extent. The American media ignores anti Caucasian attacks in Korea, American chamber of commerce, attacks on American GIs in the subways, racial slurs.... Koreans are lucky that the media white washes their ethno-centric complaints, making it always seem issue based. But then again, some activists seem to want to stir up a hornets nest of xenophobia.