Category: adoptee perspectives
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Asia News Network: From fragmented memories of shame, Korea-born adoptee author weaves a home in language
Link to story Hwang Dong-Hee for Korea Times ‘This story is not only for Korean adoptees in Switzerland. It is for anyone who has been rejected, anyone who has been shamed,’ says Laure Mi Hyun Croset, a writer who was born in Korea and adopted to Switzerland at 10 months old. Korean editions of Laure…
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BBC: The American adoptees who fear deportation to a country they can’t remember
By George Wright Link to story
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Christianity Today: Every Adoptee’s Worst Nightmare
By Isabel Ong and Jennifer Park Link to story
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Newsweek: US Citizen Says ICE Detained Her, Said Her Passport ‘Isn’t Real’
Link to story A U.S. citizen and Chicago resident was reportedly detained by federal immigration agents despite carrying documentation proving her citizenship. Maria Greeley, 44, said she was confronted earlier this month by three federal agents outside her workplace, the Beach Bar on Ohio Street, according to The Chicago Tribune. Greeley told the outlet that the…
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Smithsonian Magazine: This Adoptee Discovered a Trove of Documents in a Nun’s Basement. The Rare Vietnam War Records May Rewrite the Story of Operation Babylift
By Nina Strochlic Link to story The April 1975 effort matched more than 2,800 infants and children evacuated from Vietnam with adoptive families. Today, the adoptees are searching for clues to their past—and reflecting on the complicated legacy of their evacuation Babies on plane seats during Operation Babylift in April 1975 Jean-Claude Francolon / Gamma-Rapho via…
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Notre Dame Magazine: Making sense of identity
A sister I never knew upended my understanding of myself, my birth family and my Korean heritage. By Darragh Hannan Link to story
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