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Invisible Asians - Korean American Adoptees, Asian American Experiences, and Racial Exceptionalism (Paperback)
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Invisible Asians - Korean American Adoptees, Asian American Experiences, and Racial Exceptionalism (Paperback)
Series: Asian American Studies Today
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The first Korean adoptees were powerful symbols of American
superiority in the Cold War; as Korean adoption continued,
adoptees' visibility as Asians faded as they became a geopolitical
success story - all-American children in loving white families. In
Invisible Asians, Kim Park Nelson analyzes the processes by which
Korean American adoptees' have been rendered racially invisible,
and how that invisibility facilitates their treatment as
exceptional subjects within the context of American race relations
and in government policies. Invisible Asians draws on the life
stories of more than sixty adult Korean adoptees in three
locations: Minnesota, home to the largest concentration of Korean
adoptees in the United States; the Pacific Northwest, where many of
the first Korean adoptees were raised; and Seoul, home to hundreds
of adult adoptees who have returned to South Korea to live and
work. Their experiences underpin a critical examination of research
and policy making about transnational adoption from the 1950s to
the present day. Park Nelson connects the invisibility of Korean
adoptees to the ambiguous racial positioning of Asian Americans in
American culture, and explores the implications of invisibility for
Korean adoptees as they navigate race, culture, and nationality.
Raised in white families, they are ideal racial subjects in support
of the trope of ""colorblindness"" as a ""cure for racism"" in
America, and continue to enjoy the most privileged legal status in
terms of immigration and naturalization of any immigrant group,
built on regulations created specifically to facilitate the
transfer of foreign children to American families. Invisible Asians
offers an engaging account that makes an important contribution to
our understanding of race in America, and illuminates issues of
power and identity in a globalized world.
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