Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Blog Post #8


1)     I am interested in looking further into the perspective of the adoptee on “powerlessness” in response to the book I read by Sherrie Eldridge called “Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew.” I am interested to see if this feeling of powerlessness is fairly common among adoptees. Eldridge had a very negative outlook on adoption so I am interested in seeing if that is a shared feeling or if she is over exaggerating.

2)     I think the main ethical concept for this topic would be oppression, specifically powerlessness. I could also look into the rights of the adoptee in regards to different issues like open adoption.

3)     I know a few different people who were adopted, so I was thinking of interviewing them to get their perspectives and then possibly trying to find a few other memoirs from adoptees on the same topic. I also know some families who have younger kids that they adopted so I could also ask them about different ideas that their children have shared with them.

4)     5. I think this would be very interesting to look into more, but it could be a bit too broad.

5)     If I don’t end up with this as my topic, I was also possibly interested in transracial adoption.

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