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The podcast where black adoptees discuss their adoption experience and how they navigate their identities. We all have an internal need to know who we are as a person as our identity helps us to navigate the world and to know what unique about us. We all develop an identity but the process of navigating this journey can be more difficultg for adoptees in relation to early challenges they might have faced through their adoption.
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Sunday Mar 17, 2024
Sunday Mar 17, 2024
Christelle Pellecuer is in conversation with Corey Quinn, a musician and a transracial adoptee based in Michigan.
Corey shared about his early years moving from foster home to foster home before being adopted at the age of two. He talked about how his adoptive family had to sue the state to be able to keep him and consequently being invited on the Oprah Winfrey show following the court case. Corey shared about the challenges he faced during teenagehood and early adulthood and how he turned to music and writing songs for comfort. Corey also discussed his reunion with his biological siblings.
Content warning: this episode contains discussion about malnutrition, abuse, suicide ideation.
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https://coreygoldwaves.bandcamp.com/
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