One of our co-hosts, Leah, is Jewish. In light of current events, we wanted to offer some thoughts about what it means to “adopt” our parents’ culture while still living with the actual ethnicity into which we are born. As an adoptee, we are adopted by our parents’ cultures, their heritages, their family histories, and the ways in which their own ethnic backgrounds have affected their lives. This conversation does not speak to the larger nuances of current circumstances but rather offers an additional perspective about what it means to be both Jewish, Chinese, American, and adopted. Later, we will be releasing a larger episode about our adoptive parents and childhoods as adoptees. 

CW: discussion of (not utilizing) racial slurs, ongoing Israel / Palestine / Hamas conflict, adoption 

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Produced by Leah Kelly-Reingold and Tayler Bunge

Co-created and hosted by Leah Kelly-Reingold and Tayler Bunge

Recording, mixing, and editing by Tayler Bunge

Marketing and design by Leah Kelly-Reingold

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