(NPR) 'Am I Asian Enough?' Adoptees Struggle To Make Sense Of Spike In Anti-Asian Violence

'Am I Asian Enough?' Adoptees Struggle To Make Sense Of Spike In Anti-Asian Violence



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'Am I Asian Enough?' Adoptees Struggle To Make Sense Of Spike In Anti-Asian Violence






Emma LeMay, now 22, with her mother at the Jersey shore. LeMay, adopted from Chongqing China, was raised in Vermont and now lives in Atlanta.



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'Am I Asian Enough?' Adoptees Struggle To Make Sense Of Spike In Anti-Asian Violence






Many Asian adoptees say they feel left out of the national conversation about anti-Asian racism because they don't feel like they belong in either the Asian American community or white America.