I'm Adopted, Now What?

That's A Bit Racist - part three


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(PART THREE) Nick and Courtney met through mutual friends many years ago. Nick is black and Courtney is white. On this episode, we delve deep into what it’s like being adopted and part of an interracial marriage in today’s society. Nick comments on how being black, and Courtney on how being a mixed race couple, when visiting America, is starkly different than in Australia. With the world seemingly becoming smaller and smaller, whether because of the pandemic or because of heightened racial tensions, their experiences as a black and white couple are all the more important. Then, adopted from Colombia, Nick offers us insight into what it’s like to be an Australian adoptee and how the search for his birth relatives has influenced him, from learning a new language to finding a brother, to shaping some of the ways in which he raises his own daughter with Courtney. The final chapter of this three-part season finale, this is a story you don’t want miss.
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I'm Adopted, Now What?By Liza Kraft

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