19. Understanding the Power of Racial Identity for Transracial Adoptees with Angela Tucker

Upwardly Dependent

Angela Tucker has been a long-time trusted voice in the space of transracial adoption. As an advocate for children growing up in foster and adoptive homes, she shares her own experience of finding her safest place amongst others who were raised apart from their birth families.

Angela facilitates the connection of a vibrant adoptee community full of teens and adults who share a unique journey to finding themselves and their identity. This episode is a critical listen for any parents who have adopted or fostered children of a racial heritage different from their own.

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Episode Highlights

• An introduction to Angela Tucker (2:00)
• Blindspots for adoptive parents and for society (4:46)
• Angela’s book title and the language of “should” (9:55)
• Expansive family and community models (12:02)
• Entering spaces of racial majority and considering identity (19:53)
• Angela’s experience in finding her birth family (26:48)
• Exploring a sense of belonging and “third culture” (31:19)
• The love and trauma realities of adoption (34:48)
• Angela’s work with adoptees (40:34)

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Links

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• ⁠⁠⁠⁠Think Orphan ⁠⁠⁠⁠- Learn more and listen to the podcast
• Angela’s Website⁠⁠ - Learn more about Angela's work
• ⁠You Should Be Grateful Book⁠ - Order Angela's book today
• ⁠Adoptee Mentoring Society⁠ - Virtual mentorship for adoptees — by adoptees
• ⁠Angela’s podcast⁠ - Tune into Angela's podcast as she interviews adoptees from all backgrounds in an effort to shift societal perceptions

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