Korean Adoptees: Navigating Identity in America
Words: 816 Pages: 3 4750Since 1948, approximately fifty percent of children adopted into the United States have hailed from Asia, representing the largest fraction of the eleven thousand to twelve thousand children who have migrated annually over the last decade to join their American families (Tuan 4, 2011). A significant portion of these children are Asian-American, with a notable twenty-five percent originating from South Korea (4). In 2011, more than one hundred and sixty thousand Korean adoptees resided in the United States (4). Despite […]
