Online search database
Adoptee Sarah Bowling founded Korea Reconnect, an online database that helps birth parents and adoptees look for each other without revealing their identities. http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20141201001181
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Korean adoption studies reading list
http://wendymlaybourn.com/reading-list/korean-adoption-studies/
Stunning Photos Capture Korean Adoptees’ Feelings Of Conflicting Cultural Identity
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/this-photo-project-aims-to-share-the-invisible-stories-of-korean-adoptees_us_56e2dc1ae4b0b25c91819b62?z3l680k9=
New Photo Series Explores Korean Adoptees’ Cultural Self-Identity – NBC News
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/new-photo-series-explores-korean-adoptees-cultural-self-identity-n526701
Where I Come From
Highest ranking Asian American in a major city fire dept is a korean adoptee (in 2011). http://iamkoream.com/where-i-come-from/
“Beyond Culture Camp”
Published in 2009, this was the most ambitious research into self-identity of Korean adoptees at the time. The basic structure is Korean adoptees into white families vs white adoptees into white families, which provides a good comparison and also some limitations. Read it here.
Interview with Jane Jeong Trenka
Old interview with Jane Jeong Trenka. My favorite quote: BTW: Do you think there is an Asian American aesthetic? JT: Are you trying to get Frank Chin to kick my ass? Read the whole thing.
Top Ten List for Transracial Adoptive Parents
A very good set of points to check before adopting transracially. Read the full list here. #10: 10. If you do not believe in White privilege, you should not be adopting a non-White child. I would amend that one slightly to say that if you can’t imagine that it exists, then you should not be adopting a non-white child. If you can imagine it, have an open mind about it, even if you don’t really get […]