What words images concepts come to mind when you hear the word adoption?
STOCK
Adoption: War, Famine, Economics, Family, Mather Nature & Force Majeur consequences
born from environmental, human-made or natural conflict
Exported to another country
CONCEALED
Living parallel lives of what if fantasies of who am I
I don’t see myself out there or people who look like me
No American TV
No American artists
No American movies
No American songs
No Asian American role models
Interchangeably Asian
No identity
No media coverage
“Am I the son of a panda? The son of a goose? A student? A teacher? I’m all of those things.” Kung Fu Panda 3
Discovering oneself, cultural identities and self expression
RESISTANCE
“I’m large, I contain multitudes.” Walt Whitman
Radical Acceptance
From a wellspring
community
Second chosen family
Group photos with understanding smiles
Innate being-ness of shared experiences with words unspoken
International intergovernmental intergenerational movements
a tour de force of worldwide change
200,000 unicorns facing extinction
A time space and place in humanity’s historical blip
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