Adoptionland: From Orphans to Activists

Name: Adoptionland: From Orphans to Activists
Rating: 5 (2 reviews)

Janine Myung Ja

Jul 2014 · Against Child Trafficking USA

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Ever wondered what it's like to be adopted? This anthology begins with personal accounts and then shifts to a bird's eye view on adoption from domestic, intercountry and transracial adoptees who are now adoptee rights activists. Along with adopted people, this collection also includes the voices of mothers and a father from the Baby Scoop Era, a modern-day mother who almost lost her child to adoption, and ends with the experience of an adoption investigator from Against Child Trafficking. These stories are usually abandoned by the very industry that professes to work for the "best interest of children," "child protection," and for families. However, according to adopted people who were scattered across nations as children, these represent typical human rights issues that have been ignored for too long. For many years, adopted people have just dealt with such matters alone, not knowing that all of us—as a community—have a great deal in common.

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5.0

2 reviews

Jeanette Yamamoto

September 13, 2021

What does it feel like to be trafficked for adoption purposes? Why does everyone see adoption as 'beautiful' even if the child was trafficked? What would you do if you were legally trafficked for adoption? You will read inter-country adoptees stories in Adoptionland. It is thought provoking. I never thought about adoption in this way.

About the author

Janine is best known as the co-editor of two groundbreaking anthologies: Adoptionland: From Orphans to Activists and The "Unknown" Culture Club: Korean Adoptees, Then and Now.

Janine has written several feature-length screenplays about transnational adoption and authored two books about the experience of searching for her family in Korea (Twins Found in a Box: Adapting to Adoption and The Search for Mother Missing: A Peek Inside International Adoption).

Janine supports Against Child Trafficking’s (ACT) investigational work into unethical adoptions. She and her twin sister co-founded Adoptionland.org and the "Adoption Truth & Transparency Worldwide Network," a social-media resource intended to validate and empower individuals, families, and communities affected by the global adoption industry.

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