I just saw the movie Somewhere Between, a documentary about five young Chinese women who were adopted by white parents and raised in the USA. These adoptions happened right after the mandates of the One Child Policy. The women were follwed for three years and talked about thier world and their questions about their origins and culture. As one of the girl's said, "I feel like a banana, white on the inside and yellow on the outside."
somewherebetweenmovie.com
One of the women attended the film and spoke with the audience afterwards. I told her about Selia who is adopted and she thought it must be even more difficult for Selia because she heard that the Chinese never talk about adoptions. I told her that was Selia's experieince as her parents have never mentioned it to her. This woman hopes to get in touch with Selia.
In Feb 2012, I went to China for three months to teach at the World Academy for the Future of Women (WAFW). Affiliated with Sias University (Henan Province), this academy teaches women how to be global leaders with a focus on the UN Millenium goals. I am going to continue this blog because the young women who were my students have graduated and many have gone on to challenging jobs and/or international studies.
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