Adoption: Being Chinese In America

Dr Amanda Baden discusses Chinese American culture and what it means to be Chinese in America

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• adoption
• china
• culture
• baden
• documentary

[RussX5Z]

Goddamn it! Why is this video so short!! Longer please!! Speak more on this issue. It's a heavy issue thats needs to be brought out to the mainstream!! Why am I the only one that has to speak out about this issue! Where are you other frustrated Chinese Americans out there?! I know you other folks feel the same way as I do. I know some of you folks are there! Come on guys speak your mind!! It's 2009!!

[dcsoccerpro18]

You guys make me so irritated. I'm an adopted chinese girl and I'm only 14, and living a happy life thank you very much! You guys make it sound like it's a bad thing for us to be here in America! I am very affened by your comments. Sure I'm curious what it would have been like if I wasn't adopted, but it doesn't mean I regret being adopted!

[torporify]

@ElProximo I agree. Let the Chinese take care of their own babies. After all, they've got all our factories and most of the jobs. Taking away a child from their own race and culture is a dangerous, arrogant thing to do. If you are insistent on adopting a different-race baby (make you more saintly to the PC crowd) then there are plenty in this country.

[nursewithapurse]

I lived in a small town in Arizona as a child and we had several chinese/americanfamilies living there. And... They are some of the most respected, well loved famllies in the community. The father died several years ago and he had one of the largest funerals I've ever attended. All the kids are well dressed, handsome highly educated people. When they imigrated the had restaurants w/ awesome food. Their kids attended some of the finest universites. They lived the American Dream. 

[Airstrik3]

omfg her new parents needa take care of her holy shit, u can tell that they only bring her to Mcdonalds for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

[SoveitBrave]

@RussX5Z I'm Guatemalan I know what you mean. I work with Guatemalans but they single me out for being 6ft speaking English and dressing white. Whites think I'm an illegal immigrant and often treat me like a foreigner. it sucks.

[PJaee]

@TheDavidedmond Troll harder.

[TheDavidedmond]

chinese people are the most useles people on earth, thats why all there girls are hookers all over the world, even in thailand and malaysia and singapore and indonesia and america and africa and europe, chinese are there doing bad business and hookers and they are the most poorest people on earth, so fuck them all, uncivilized assholes.. pig eating sons and daughters of a whore. low class people... fuck all chinese

[ebonhawk]

@RussX5Z buy the dvd then ....

[jisangNY1]

@ElProximo You're absolutely right. I'm an Asian American that believes Americans should take care of Americans first before taking care of foreigners in other countries. There are plenty of Black and Hispanic children available in this country for adoption. Stop going to China and Russia to get babies when you can pick an American child instead! Most of these foreign kids end up all messed up anyway because the adoptive parents don't teach them about their country and culture. They are racist!

[Efferts]

@ElProximo I think I get what you're stating. Correct me if I'm wrong- I'm new to this & I want to learn.

So it's bad to adopt "just because", meaning it's generally a heartfelt gesture to make the parent feel established or good willed, complete. The Chinese cultures are very separate from Americans & those kids shouldn't be void of their initial culture growing up despite the foster parents good intentions.

Am I close? I can see how that would suck for the kid. Never to know.