Stories of transracial adoptees must be heard – even uncomfortable ones | Nicole Chung

As a Korean American adoptee, the strength of my connection to my white family is what makes me feel safe, relatable, approachable to some

It’s not necessarily the first question I get, but it always comes up. On tour for my book, published in 2018, an audience member asked if I, a Korean American adoptee, am “still close” to my adoptive parents. When I said yes, they followed up, as if in disbelief: “So, you and your family are really OK?”

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