A current University of Minnesota student wrote a first-person account of her experience as a Korean adoptee.
Student Leah Lancaster describes her experience as being in “No man’s land” for the Minnesota Daily.
“What is distinctive about being an adoptee is that you are virtually thrown into a cultural No Man’s Land,” writes Lancaster. “Supposedly, you have no “roots.” It becomes difficult to disentangle who you are from who you’re supposed to be. You become a blank canvas for other people’s expectations. Many adoptees that I know, as well as myself, have felt alienation from white culture and even more from Korean culture. We simultaneously occupy small areas of both these spaces, but find we do not belong in either. The struggle between these cultural realms is quite possibly the defining feature of the Korean adoptee experience.”
For the rest of the article, click here for the Minnesota Daily site.
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