The Declassified Adoptee: Living Out Loud

In this episode, I share the story of the circumstances that led to my adoption. I walk you through the narratives shared with me by both my first family and my adoptive family and how my adoption records offered unique insight to these stories. Content Warning: birth, birth trauma, separation, infertility, brief mentions of sexual assault.

In this episode, I conclude my interview with MD candidate, Brittanie N. Floyd. Come listen and learn with me as we hear everything Brittanie has gone through with medical school, a hurricane, multiple moves, COVID19 in New York City, and being given the burden of making medical institutions feel anti-racist. Stay tuned for my next episode where I use cognitive dissonance theory to explore what I call the "Abby Johnson dilemma." Let's uncover how strong political views may interfere with an adoptive parent's relationship with their transracially adopted child. 

In this episode, I counter scientific claims within a video recorded by adoptive mother and pro-life advocate, Abby Johnson. Johnson is a former director for Planned Parenthood, and she recently spoke at the RNC. I address the flawed reasoning in her defense of racial profiling done by police where she used her adopted black son as an example. I stress the importance of putting adopted children first when modeling what adoptive parenting looks like from a national platform.