I was abducted by white people
By: Kim So Yung
Publisher: Confluere Publications
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 31
Subjects: Intercountry adoption; Interracial adoption; Asian American women; Korean American women; Adopted children; Race identity
Description: Korean-born Kim So Yung discusses the complexities of transracial and transnational "abduction," popularly known as adoption. She recounts the guilt-tripping and racist language used by her white abductors throughout childhood, articulates her forced assimilation to American culture, and describes her reasoning to use her Korean name. The author outlines the business strategies employed by the international adoption market, as they portray white middle-class families as saviors in advertisements and promote a hierarchical system of desirability based on ethnicity. Kim also includes a review of multicultural adoption resources, and home photographs that illustrate her abduction history.
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Purchased from the publisher at the Women of Color Zine Symposium in 2012.
Table of contents: title: What is transracial abduction? --; title: Welcome to the American family --; title: Racist love, racist abuse --; title: NIAC urges abductors to fight racism --; title: U.S. State Department aids abductors --; title: A bunch of culturally incompetent backtalk --; title: So, where's my financial protection? --; title: My abduction scrapbook --; title: Abducting on a budget --; title: Conscientious abductors  --; title: Birthmarks: feminist racism in contemporary America --; title: Kim's button dynasty --; title: Abduction, authenticity, and "the Oriental continent"  --; title: "African angels --; title: Resource review --; title: Languishing in the foster care debate --