We’ve been waiting several years to have today’s guest on, and when better then to celebrate his brand new book! Professor and critical adoption scholar Kit Myers is with us to talk about his new book, The Violence of Love: Race, Family, and Adoption in the United States. Kit is an adoptee from Hong Kong, and he shares some of his personal story including a recent reunion he got to experience a couple of months ago. We also dive into culture camps and what happened when society tried to “destigmatize adoption” for the sake of adoptive parents.

Show Notes

Full episode transcript here.

Recommended Resources

The Violence of Love: Race, Family, and Adoption in the United States by Kit Myers, Ph.D.
Open access available here - https://www.luminosoa.org/site/books/m/10.1525/luminos.220/
https://faculty.ucmerced.edu/kmyers6/index.php/2024/07/08/adoptee-temporality-and-grief/
Mentioned - SunAh Laybourn, Ph.D. episode 273
When We Become Ours by Shannon Gibney and Nicole Chung

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