"Where Do I Belong?" from the companion DVD to Adopted.

Korean adoptee talks about the conflicting feelings of belonging and being an outsider when she first moved to San Francisco.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• adopted
• korean
• adoptee
• documentary
• San
• Francisco
• asian

[NaturalGrace]

South Korea is a first world nation, you moron.

[RadioEEBB]

But that's just it. By our white parents adopting us out of our original countries and bringing us to the US it opened up many many issues they're not able to fully understand just by being white.

[tangjkd]

@Diamondtv actually they dont even like to date white people, at least it is not being promoted. the good reason behind that is that they want to keep their blood line pure, and also to keep their asian culture intact. asians are too proud of their cultures. if they marry someone that is a different race, they would lose their cultures forever.

[LeeMIlby]

Felt the same way coming to NYC, in a way it's much easier to live in a place where people don't value ethnic cultures, because in cities you get surrounded by people who expect that you share their values, whereas elsewhere it doesn't matter and you don't have to constantly explain yourself.

[ThePurpleBunny123]

@revynsworld Haha, I thought I was the only one that corrected grammar all the time! I'm also adopted from China too, and I'm also a girl.

[revynsworld]

@flubno It's mostly girls because boys are favored in a family (farm or business labor, passing down the name while girls move in with the husband's family, and other traditional stuff). Girls are more often abandoned in China because of the one child law (me being one of those girls) while the boys are kept. It really is an incredible advantage to the girls though. Btw, your 'there' should be a 'their'

[ivantide]

Some people are just ignorant. One child policy is practiced in China, and this woman is Korean.

[flubno]

it's kinda wierd that most people try to adopt there own kind. WHite people will take an asian girl as an alternate, never a asian boy, just girls

[sindyk117]

@ionxi @adventurousvictor Some Koreans are quite superficial and descriminating based on Socioeconomic standard, family tied & connections, education, physical appearances and so on......just associate yourself with decent humans regardless of their race. I do feel for you it was not your choice to be adopted and God has special plan for you to become something greater than these judgemental idiots. Wish you all the best!

[gbalah162]

ahh America does the same thing. Women make four cents less than men for every dollar. Women are discouraged to go out for certain positions and told to be mothers instead of competitive business/career women. America is no different, we point a finger at these countries while we have three other fingers pointing back at us.