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Prejudice Against the Model Minority: What Should Adoptive Parents Do

March 22nd, 2012 by ddavenport

I just read a wonderful essay, Different Racism: On Jeremy Lin and How the Rules of Racism are Different for Asian Americans, written by an adult Korean adoptee, Matthew Salesses, that set my mind to racing. He talked about so many issues that make this a must-read for adoptive parents: growing up Asian in a … [visit site to read more]


 
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