... dismiss the important conclusions reached concerning transracial adoptees, but I would have liked to have seen a more all-encompassing summary. I also agree with what others have said, that putting children ... age, and remains so even when they are adults.I am pleased that discrimination against adoptees is finally being acknowledged, but I think it needs to go further. Every single closed-records ...

... ," examined two adult groups -- Korean-born adoptees and white adoptees, but the findings have relevance ... find out even my name or ethnicity," she said. "It was just cruel and many adoptees feel like we are aliens and don't belong," ... positive relationship." "Telling adoptees about their history validates their experience, that they were there," Russell ...

... were children. The study was based on the responses of 179 SK adoptees with two white parents. South Koreans make up the largest group of transracial adoptees in the U.S., and they comprise an estimated 10% of the total South Korean population here. ... 8217;s native culture; as a result, older South Korean adoptees tended to have the mindset of being white or wanting to be white. Nowadays, ...

Angry Asian Man posted yesterday about a New York Times article on Korean adoptees and some of their struggles with identity. Actually, the article is about a newly released report issued by a New York- ... or--at some point in their childhood--wanted to be white. "Most Korean adoptees were raised in predominantly white neighborhoods and saw few, if any, people who looked like them," the ...

... * Increase research on the risk and protective factors that shape the adjustment of adoptees, especially those adopted transracially/culturally in the U.S. or abroad. More longitudinal research ... research is also needed on the identity journey experienced by in-race adoptees - and, pointedly, more of the studies of every kind need to include the perspective of adopted individuals themselves. <a ...

The NY Times article about transracial adoptees from Korea raises several interesting questions. (1) Do the authors have any ideological motivations? (2) Liberals promote ... down, that it allows researchers to discover the truth about human biodiversity? (For example, I bet the Korean adoptees are much better at math than the average white girl.) (4) Anti-abortion people (like those at the ...