Slide descriptions

• Slide one: Why adoptees are hesitant to share our stories. Responses from the adoptee community.
• Slide two: I was scared that people would think I wanted sympathy when I just wanted to be understood.
• Slide three: I didn’t want my experience as a Chinese American to be invalidated by my friends with Chinese families.
• Slide four: I have experienced negative reactions and been told I’m not “truly Chinese,” “not Asian enough,” and have had my experiences ignored.
• Slide five: I didn’t want to be different from everyone else and stand out from the norm.