Reframing Adoptee Narratives

2020 ◽  
pp. 173-189
Author(s):  
SunAh M. Laybourn
Keyword(s):  
Transracial Adoption ◽  
Korean American ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Prime Time ◽  
Transnational Adoption ◽  
Transracial Adoptions ◽  
Transracial Adoptees ◽  
Korean Adoptee ◽  
Racial Ethnic

Very public transnational, transracial adoptions by celebrities and the inclusion of transnational, transracial adoption in prime-time television sitcoms make this form of family making increasingly visible. Yet the majority of representations privilege the adoptive parent’s point of view. Drawing on two recent Korean-adoptee-created media, the Netflix documentary Twinsters (2015) and NBC Asian America’s docuseries akaSEOUL (2016), this chapter examines how adoptee-centered media converge with and diverge from traditional renderings of transnational adoption. In doing so, these media provide not only new portrayals of transnational, transracial adoptees but also new conceptions of Asian and Korean American racial, ethnic, and familial identities.

scholarly journals The Transracial Adoption Paradox

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 711-744 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard M. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Transracial Adoption ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cultural Socialization ◽  
Socialization Process ◽  
Adoptive Families ◽  
International Adoptions ◽  
Transracial Adoptions ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Emergent Theory ◽  
Everyday Living

The number of transracial adoptions in the United States, particularly international adoptions, is increasing annually. Counseling psychology as a profession, however, is a relatively silent voice in the research on and practice of transracial adoption. This article presents an overview of the history and research on transracial adoption to inform counseling psychologists of the set of racial and ethnic challenges and opportunities that transracial adoptive families face in everyday living. Particular attention is given to emergent theory and research on the cultural socialization process within these families.

Microfictions and Microaggressions: Counselors’ Work With Transracial Adoptees in Schools

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 2156759X2092741
Author(s):  
Jennie Park-Taylor ◽  
Hannah M. Wing
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
The United States ◽  
Population Trends ◽  
Case Illustration ◽  
International Adoptions ◽  
Transracial Adoptions ◽  
White Parents ◽  
Transracial Adoptees

In the United States, transracial adoptions make up 85% of international adoptions and 40% of all domestic adoptions, and most consist of White parents and adoptees of color. This article describes transracial adoptee population trends, provides a transracial adoptee student case illustration, and outlines suggestions for school counselors working with transracial adoptees, whose unique experiences include microfictions and microaggressions (transracial, racial, and adoption-related).

Current Transracial Adoption Practices: Racial Dissonance or Racial Awareness?

1993 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 551-558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl A. Kallgren ◽  
Pamela J. Caudill
Keyword(s):  
Racial Differences ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
Transracial Adoption ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Racial Awareness ◽  
Awareness Training ◽  
Transracial Adoptees ◽  
Racial Dissonance

The present study evaluated seven agencies in four major metropolitan areas to ascertain if their transracial adoption programs included placing children at an early age and evaluating and educating parents on issues of racial awareness as has been recommended by previous researchers. These agencies were attempting to place transracial adoptees before their first birthday and were evaluating prospective adopters' ability to accept and live with racial differences. In general, agencies did not provide adequate literature on racial awareness, training sessions or support systems, and they did not encourage families to live in integrated neighborhoods. Recommendations for program improvements are discussed.

Mother of Transracial Adoption: Pearl Buck's Special Needs Adoption and American Self-criticism

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 345-366
Author(s):  
Soojin Chung
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Race ◽  
Transracial Adoption ◽  
Transnational Adoption ◽  
Personal Connection ◽  
Special Needs Adoption ◽  
Asian Children ◽  
Conservative Christian ◽  
Political Act ◽  
Protestant Liberalism ◽  
The Cold War

In 1949, Pearl Sydenstricker Buck founded Welcome House, the first transracial and transnational adoption agency in the country, marking the beginning of the transnational adoption of mixed-race ‘Amerasian’ children. Contrary to the prevailing understanding that her humanitarian advocacy was a political act that promoted American global hegemony during the Cold War period, this article argues that her humanitarian work was motivated primarily by three forces: (1) her sense of American political and moral responsibility, (2) her desire for personal connection and motherhood, and (3) her mission of global friendship and unity. Buck actively fought racism in America, advocating the adoption of mixed-race Asian children and children with disabilities. Unlike evangelical agencies that catered to a conservative Christian audience, Pearl Buck normalised the notion of transracial adoption across America through her potent prose. This study examines her work in the context of the rise of Protestant liberalism, accentuating her role as the pioneer of the transracial and transnational adoption of Amerasian children and demonstrating that her ideology was congruent with her lifetime motto of human solidarity and anti-racism.

Constructing Mental Illness as Dangerous: A Pilot Study

1999 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 240-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Wilson ◽  
Raymond Nairn ◽  
John Coverdale ◽  
Aroha Panapa
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Prime Time ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Television Production ◽  
Sound Effects ◽  
Stigma Of Mental Illness ◽  
Cutting Point

Objective: There is a dearth of studies examining how dangerousness is constructed in media depictions of mentally ill individuals who are frequently portrayed as acting violently. The aim of the present study was to identify the contribution of diverse technical, semiotic and discursive resources utilised in portraying a character with a mental illness in a prime-time drama as dangerous. Method: Discourse analytic techniques, involving systematic, repeated, critical viewings, were applied to a single program drawn from a sample of prime-time television drama episodes touching on mental illness. Results: Nine devices (appearance, music and sound effects, lighting, language, intercutting, jump-cutting, point of view shots, horror conventions and intertextuality) were identified as contributing to the signified dangerousness of person receiving care in the community for a mental illness. Conclusions: These techniques combine in signifying mental illness and a person suffering from it as dangerous. The findings suggest that mental health professionals working to reduce the stigma of mental illness need to have a reasonably sophisticated understanding of the practices and priorities of television production if they are to collaborate effectively with producers to create dramas that convey more human and sympathetic understandings of mental illness or to combat the negative effects of such portrayals.

Analyzing Ethical Conflict in the Transracial Adoption Debate: Three Conflicts Involving Community

Hypatia ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet Farrell Smith
Keyword(s):  
Transracial Adoption ◽  
Black Children ◽  
Ethnic Community ◽  
Policy Debate ◽  
Ethical Conflict ◽  
Ethical Conflicts ◽  
Racial Ethnic

This essay explores ethical conflicts underlying the discourse of the policy debate about transracial adoption, focusing on the adoption of Black children by whites. Three underlying conflicts are analyzed, namely, the values of equality versus community, interracial community versus mukiculturalism, individuality versus racial-ethnic community. The essay concludes with observations on multicultural families.

Perceptions of E-cigarettes and Flavor Restrictions among Tobacco Retailers in Los Angeles

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 893-901
Author(s):  
Sabrina L. Smiley ◽  
Heesung Shin ◽  
Shyanika W. Rose ◽  
Yaneth L. Rodriguez ◽  
Rosa Barahona ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Los Angeles County ◽  
Korean American ◽  
Cigarette Use ◽  
Neighborhood Factors ◽  
Black African ◽  
White American ◽  
White Neighborhoods ◽  
Ethnic Neighborhood ◽  
Racial Ethnic

Objectives: In this study, we examined tobacco retailers' perceptions of e-cigarettes and associations with in-store availability of e-cigarettes. Methods: Retailers (N = 700) in multiple, racial/ethnic neighborhoods (black/African-American, N = 200); Hispanic/Latino, N = 200; white American, N = 200; Korean American, N = 100) in Los Angeles County participated in on-site interviews and store observations. Results: Controlling for individual and racial/ethnic neighborhood factors, retailers in majority-white neighborhoods had significantly higher odds of selling e-cigarettes and flavored e-cigarettes than retailers located in Hispanic/Latino (p < .001, OR = 0.14, 95% CI = 0.08-0.25; p < .001, OR = 0.19, 95% CI = 0.11-0.33) and Korean American (p < .05, OR = 0.21, 95% CI = 0.12-0.37; p < .05, OR = 0.21, 95% CI = 0.12-0.39) neighborhoods. Perceptions of e-cigarettes as being completely safe/safer than cigarettes were significantly associated with availability of flavored e-cigarettes (p < .05, OR = 2.03, 95% CI = 1.04-3.97); and opposition to flavored e-cigarette restrictions was marginally significantly associated with availability of flavored e-cigarettes (p < .10, OR = 1.56, 95% CI = 0.96-2.51). Adjusting for store type, perceptions of e-cigarettes as being completely safe/safer than cigarettes were marginally significantly associated with availability of flavored e-cigarettes (p < .10, OR = 1.78, 95% CI = 0.85-3.73). Conclusions: Targeted efforts are warranted for educating retailers and employees in these neighborhoods on the appeal and nicotine dependence potential of e-cigarette use for youth.

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