A while back, I was interviewed by Adriana Barton for the Globe and Mail newspaper in Toronto. I just learned that the article was finally published. You can find it here.
Here is what was quoted from the interview.
The experiences of today's adult international adoptees are distinct from those of voluntary immigrants and domestic adoptees, according to Richard Lee, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Minnesota who studies how Korean adoptees form their identities.
"They were raised at a time when parents were encouraged to take a more colour-blind approach," he says, "which meant ignoring race."
But society treats Asians as a racial minority, Dr. Lee says. For some adoptees, "that came as a shock," he says, "because they were not always aware of their minority status as children."
Nevertheless, most international adoptees grow up to be well-adjusted adults, he adds.
Posted by richlee at August 22, 2007 07:12 AM