Thirty years ago, parents who were adopting children were told “just take them home and love them.” There was no discussion about how the child joined the family, information about birthparents was limited or unknown, and there was minimal attention paid to the adopted child’s race, birth culture, or heritage. Can you imagine being a Korean adoptee with Caucasian parents and siblings without discussing racial identity?
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