273 | SunAh Laybourn, Ph.D.

We are so excited to welcome professor and sociologist Dr. SunAh Laybourn today! Sunah's brand new book is called Out of Place: The Lives of Korean Adoptee Immigrants and it is definitely one you're going to want to add into your collection. Today we talk about SunAh's research, the realization that heritage culture camps are prioritizing adoptive parents' comfort, and the public's perception of the still dire issue of adoptee citizenship. Haley finally gets to ask the question she's wondered about for at least five years: is being an adopted person a distinct culture of its own?

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