“My
problem is secrecy. I believe that perpetually secret adoptions assure
un-accountability and lack of transparency. And secret adoptions are only the
tip of the iceberg. The secrecy permeates the process: secret identities,
secret parents, secret records, secret foster care providers, secret social
workers, secret judges and lawyers (all their identities are sealed, typically), secret
physicians, secret statistics and, in the case of some adoption-oriented
organizations, secret budgets and secret boards of directors. In any social
practice, when people in positions of power hide behind masks, one can be
pretty sure that they have something to hide.”
-Albert S. Wei, Special Advisor to the Bastard
Nation Executive Committee
“Storytelling is an
important aspect of Ojibwe culture. My ability to tell a good tale can be used
as a tool for teaching and connecting. Even though I grew up outside of my Native
community and culture, my stories helped me to become a part of the community
that I had lost. Adoption is part of the contemporary tales that Native people
need to tell…”
- Tamara Buffalo, published
author-poet-visual artist
“Everyone has a right to knowledge
about their lineage, genealogy and identity. And if they don’t, then it will
lead to cases of incest...”
-Lord David
Alton quoted after married adoptee twins were granted annulment in Great Britain (January 2008)
“We, as adoptees and birth
mother’s, have become so conditioned to keep quiet and take the living in shame
as just a part of our life that we don’t unite. As if we are not allowed to
unite. The fear and stigma is so incredibly strong, it is all controlling. I
truly don’t think adoptees realize this.”
- 73Adoptee Blog: Chynna Girl, November 14, 2008 [www.blogger.com/comment]
🔺I saved these quotes I used in my memoir One Small Sacrifice - they speak volumes and as you can see they are from 2008 and earlier... Trace
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