International adoption creates involuntary immigrants. Unlike the millions of others who cross borders during their lives, our migration is completely involuntary. It's not a choice we, nor our families, make. Instead, it's the adoption industry that dictates who stays in the countries we are born in and who is sent overseas. This blog chronicles how these two aspects of our lives intersect.
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Why is Indian preferred over Native American? Isn't that a term placed on them by colonial invaders as well?
ReplyDeleteYes, but some indigenous people consider "Native American" as a liberal assuage of guilt, plus it's just as much a product of colonialism. Within the community (aka "Indian Country") it's much debated and contentious and "Native" seems actually to be favored but more non-Indians than Indians seem to promote "Native American". This list is also just my personal preferences based on what I've heard and thought about.
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