Adoptees Call For Boycott of “Blue Bayou”
Last Friday, filmmaker Justin Chon’s latest – Blue Bayou – opened in theatres nationwide, and I interviewed Chon as well…
Tag: Adoptees
Bringing a Transnational Korean American Adoptee Story to Film: In Conversation with ‘Blue Bayou’ Filmmaker Justin Chon
Asian American filmmaker Justin Chon’s latest film – Blue Bayou – opens today in theatres nationwide. Blue Bayou tells the…
The US Immigration System is Failing a Crucial Voice: International Adoptees
By Guest Contributor: Olivia Zalecki It is 2 am and, like the reasonable young person I am, I’ve traded sleep…
Reflecting on ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ and Being “Asian Enough” as an Asian American Adoptee
By Guest Contributor: Katie Mantele (@chenqiaoling) On August 15, 2018, the release of Crazy Rich Asians was celebrated by members…
Korean American Adoptee to be Deported after Four Decades in United States
I first posted about this story back in March 2015, when the AAPI community first began organizing on behalf of…
2015 Asian America in Review: Top 10 AANHPI Stories You Might Have Missed
As the year winds down to a close, these are the top ten political stories that had a major impact…
Pending Deportation of Korean American Adoptee Highlights Major Loophole in Immigration Law
By his own admission, Adam Thomas Crapser has had a difficult journey; but through it all, he has worked hard to…
Please help fund The Voices of Korean Adoption!
Since the start of the Korean War in 1953, over 200,000 children of Korean ethnic descent have been put up…