There is not one single narrative when it comes to adoption and it can be a lot more complicated than what’s depicted in films, television and even social media. And for a long time, these stories have been told by adoptive parents. Angela Tucker says it’s time to flip the script and let adoptees tell their stories. She is the author of "You Should Be Grateful": Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption. 



Growing up as a transracial adoptee, Angela Tucker's friends, family, and even strangers would make comments and assumptions about what her life would have been like if she hadn’t been adopted. In this interview, we talk about the intricacies of navigating life as a transracial adoptee. Angela is also the Executive Director of the Adoptee Mentoring Society, a nonprofit and adoptee support group. She speaks to the need to give adoptees safe spaces to process complicated feelings about adoption.

There is not one single narrative when it comes to adoption and it can be a lot more complicated than what’s depicted in films, television and even social media. And for a long time, these stories have been told by adoptive parents. Angela Tucker says it’s time to flip the script and let adoptees tell their stories. She is the author of "You Should Be Grateful": Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption. 
 
Growing up as a transracial adoptee, Angela Tucker's friends, family, and even strangers would make comments and assumptions about what her life would have been like if she hadn’t been adopted. In this interview, we talk about the intricacies of navigating life as a transracial adoptee. Angela is also the Executive Director of the Adoptee Mentoring Society, a nonprofit and adoptee support group. She speaks to the need to give adoptees safe spaces to process complicated feelings about adoption.

Produced by Connecticut Public, 'Where We Live' puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Where We Live is a call-in talk show about who we are in Connecticut and our place in the world.

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Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.