Comments on: Chinese Adoptees: Stolen or Abandoned? http://www.8asians.com/2009/09/19/chinese-adoptees-stolen-or-abandoned/ 8, Because it's Lucky. Asians, because that's who we are. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:48:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Dan http://www.8asians.com/2009/09/19/chinese-adoptees-stolen-or-abandoned/comment-page-1/#comment-127796 Dan Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:01:13 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=3760#comment-127796 CSLI, I think my previous comment stated that I "hope" not "should". It was not meant to belittle anyone and yes I can imagine just like most people, adopted or not. Though the effect will not be the same as those who are facing it, as it is with all family backgrounds, this I understand. CSLI,

I think my previous comment stated that I “hope” not “should”. It was not meant to belittle anyone and yes I can imagine just like most people, adopted or not. Though the effect will not be the same as those who are facing it, as it is with all family backgrounds, this I understand.

]]> By: csli http://www.8asians.com/2009/09/19/chinese-adoptees-stolen-or-abandoned/comment-page-1/#comment-127789 csli Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:50:46 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=3760#comment-127789 Yes, Dan. A lot of things do "go on in China", not all of them bad". But try to imagine what "China" means to an eleven-year old girl, surrounded by doting white Americans, who knows that she is only in this strange place filled with food and TV because she's a girl. Or, more likely, she doesn't know this, until she's thirty and piecing together the shards of her strange life, trying to love her "Chinese heritage" when much of that heritage celebrates the very social system that spat her out. Saying that adoptees should not hate their ancestral land is easy. Understanding why they might is a little harder. Personally, I could find a lot more love about Korean culture if it wasn't so friggin' homogeneous, racist, and sexist. C'mon, people of my "ancestors", give me some reasons to forgive. Yes, Dan. A lot of things do “go on in China”, not all of them bad”. But try to imagine what “China” means to an eleven-year old girl, surrounded by doting white Americans, who knows that she is only in this strange place filled with food and TV because she’s a girl. Or, more likely, she doesn’t know this, until she’s thirty and piecing together the shards of her strange life, trying to love her “Chinese heritage” when much of that heritage celebrates the very social system that spat her out.

Saying that adoptees should not hate their ancestral land is easy. Understanding why they might is a little harder. Personally, I could find a lot more love about Korean culture if it wasn’t so friggin’ homogeneous, racist, and sexist. C’mon, people of my “ancestors”, give me some reasons to forgive.

]]> By: Dan W http://www.8asians.com/2009/09/19/chinese-adoptees-stolen-or-abandoned/comment-page-1/#comment-128686 Dan W Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:18:58 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=3760#comment-128686 This is sad but I'm not really surprised. I hope that the adoptee parents do not feel guilty for raising children from these situations (if true for their particular case) and the adoptees themselves do not hate their ancestorial land. A lot of things go on in China, and not all of them are bad. This is sad but I'm not really surprised. I hope that the adoptee parents do not feel guilty for raising children from these situations (if true for their particular case) and the adoptees themselves do not hate their ancestorial land. A lot of things go on in China, and not all of them are bad.

]]> By: Dan W http://www.8asians.com/2009/09/19/chinese-adoptees-stolen-or-abandoned/comment-page-1/#comment-126597 Dan W Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:18:58 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=3760#comment-126597 This is sad but I'm not really surprised. I hope that the adoptee parents do not feel guilty for raising children from these situations (if true for their particular case) and the adoptees themselves do not hate their ancestorial land. A lot of things go on in China, and not all of them are bad. This is sad but I'm not really surprised. I hope that the adoptee parents do not feel guilty for raising children from these situations (if true for their particular case) and the adoptees themselves do not hate their ancestorial land. A lot of things go on in China, and not all of them are bad.

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