Transracial Eyes Adoptee Collective

Transracial adoptees raising unfettered Voices on adoption+related issues. Dispossession is not a sign of a beneficent society. Controls: @DanielDrennanElAwar

[Transracial Eyes Adoptee Collective @TransracialEyes]

‣ “Racism’s labyrinth”. | "I came across this essay by Prof. Asma Barlas [ link ], entitled Racism’s Labyrinth. It’s a quick read, but quite interesting on a number of levels. An excerpt: Whether white people want to…" | https://t.co/kEpOFr3cSc | @transracialeyes

[Transracial Eyes Adoptee Collective @TransracialEyes]

‣ Private, Public, Communal: Between… | "Whatever usually goes by the name “group activities” I rarely am a fan of. So when i read something like this (quoted from here) regarding justice advocacy for involuntarily…" | https://t.co/YyLzeKfo4B | @transracialeyes

[Transracial Eyes Adoptee Collective @TransracialEyes]

‣ Adoption: Abide or die. | "Over the years I’ve received much in the way of hateful missives, personal attacks, threats, libelous statements, etc. Some I reply to, some I ignore, some I seek legal counsel concerning.…" | https://t.co/xzqLJgekTg | @transracialeyes

[Transracial Eyes Adoptee Collective @TransracialEyes]

‣ knowing you’re forgetting: the orphan’s | "Most intercountry adoptees reading on the internet are gen x’ers or millennials. Very few are baby boomers, because we were the first to have been subjected to this social…" | https://t.co/vFNklu8MlQ | @transracialeyes

[Transracial Eyes Adoptee Collective @TransracialEyes]

‣ The Pentad of Adoption: Putting Fathers… | "I received my original birth certificate today, which confirmed one of my better guesses (based on genetic testing and genealogical research) about the identity of my genetic…" | https://t.co/TElIghDwR2 | @transracialeyes

[Transracial Eyes Adoptee Collective @TransracialEyes]

‣ How do you deal with someone who uses… | "This tweet recently appeared on Twitter: I WILL constantly #judge you if you #adopt a child and constantly refer to them as: “my #black #adopted child”. It was followed up by…" | https://t.co/P4ZlO2Fgaq | @transracialeyes

[Transracial Eyes Adoptee Collective @TransracialEyes]

‣ Adoptees as non-citizens. | "In another item we were discussing adoptees as a “new species” and this got me thinking about the previous item concerning obtaining citizenship for adoptees. Over at AAAC there is a minor…" | https://t.co/MNQL11aCPN | @transracialeyes

[Transracial Eyes Adoptee Collective @TransracialEyes]

‣ “You Owe Me”: Indebtedness vs. Gratitude | "As trafficked people, we may describes ourselves as having the strange status on the one hand as inferior—as something deemed by others a tradable commodity—and on the other…" | https://t.co/hCXwS1zXWD | @transracialeyes

[Transracial Eyes Adoptee Collective @TransracialEyes]

‣ YOUR PARTICIPATION IS VALUABLE TO MY | "This is quoted from a “comment” from a grad student in clinical psychology. What do you think of those who want to “study” us? Your participation is valuable to my desire to bang…" | https://t.co/NFrDiZ3CBl | @transracialeyes

[Transracial Eyes Adoptee Collective @TransracialEyes]

‣ When Adoptive Parents don’t come clean,… | "This is a copy of my first article for Adoption Arena – the first of many I hope! Interesting question raised by another adult adoptee that posted a piece in a private forum…" | https://t.co/JNv9SPlAFC | @transracialeyes

[Transracial Eyes Adoptee Collective @TransracialEyes]

‣ “America the Terrible” | "(to the tune of “America the Beautiful”) O ugliness for specious lies, for endless waves of pain, for purple’s bruise and blackened eyes above a fruitless plaint …. America! America! god shat…" | https://t.co/5hWeFd6LDW | @transracialeyes

[Transracial Eyes Adoptee Collective @TransracialEyes]

‣ Food analogies and racism. | "I came across this today in a Twitter bio: “Adoptive vanilla mama to handsome chocolate son.” Comments?" | https://t.co/qnikulNTGs | @transracialeyes

[Transracial Eyes Adoptee Collective @TransracialEyes]

‣ Adoption Initiative Conference 2022 | "Originally posted on Daniel Drennan ElAwar : The Evolution of Adoption Practice: Activist and Community Perspectives Friday, March 25 and Saturday, March 26, 2022 Registration is…" | https://t.co/cSJbCgM1p7 | @transracialeyes

[Transracial Eyes Adoptee Collective @TransracialEyes]

‣ Countering “No Abortion, Use Adoption” | "A friend recently asked me: I was wondering how you would suggest I respond when people trot out the, ‘don’t be selfish just wait 9 months and give your child up for adoption’…" | https://t.co/86laq7UZWk | @transracialeyes

[Transracial Eyes Adoptee Collective @TransracialEyes]

‣ Adopter “slumming”. | "On Twitter, I came across a discussion of adoptive parents talking about the questions they get asked about adoption; they were defining themselves as having been “ostracized” for their adoptions.…" | https://t.co/dFbU7OS0Nx | @transracialeyes

[Transracial Eyes Adoptee Collective @TransracialEyes]

‣ What is the obverse of “ghost” and | "We’ve spoken about ghosts here and there. Lately, with reunion looming, I feel like I am haunting my own life, finding might-have-been footsteps; meeting could-have-been friends…" | https://t.co/uH4SzsF53w | @transracialeyes

[Transracial Eyes Adoptee Collective @TransracialEyes]

‣ Defining The Canon: The Discourse of | "Growing up there were on my parents’ bookshelves a lot of material that shored up a specific viewpoint of the world, down to the endless rows of yellow National Geographic…" | https://t.co/DexYr0NIYu | @transracialeyes

[Transracial Eyes Adoptee Collective @TransracialEyes]

‣ Bitter medicine. | "For me, these adoptee groups are like taking spoonfuls of bitter medicine. The sharing I do with other adoptees, the reflections of my past, and all the things that I have learned has healed me. …" | https://t.co/ysCum2Khyv | @transracialeyes

[Transracial Eyes Adoptee Collective @TransracialEyes]

‣ The Taboo Topic | "I recently commented on a post here, but nobody seemed to notice, and I think it’s something important that we should discuss, because it rarely gets mentioned. So I deleted it and am posing a…" | https://t.co/AJ3Mts7GpW | @transracialeyes

[Transracial Eyes Adoptee Collective @TransracialEyes]

‣ Reincarnation and human nature | "I find that being a transracial adopted person, with international roots, has not hurt thinking in a ways beyond local norms. My adoptive parents were Episcopal Christians and I remain…" | https://t.co/SBNyDky1NU | @transracialeyes