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Navigating the Complex World of Adoption: Unveiling Azriel June's Journey
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Navigating the Complex World of Adoption: Unveiling Azriel June's Journey
They were told they’re white. They aren’t. They were told they’re Jewish. They aren’t. They tried to erase her heritage over and over again. They couldn’t…so they “gave her back”. This is the story that explains how US adoptions human rights violations - they’re genocide.
This is Azriel’s story - a transcultural adoptee from a loving first family who has been systemically preyed upon by the adoption industry.
TW: Sexual Assault
“The worst part about the secrecy was that I knew I was being lied to. And not by, you know, my friends or some girl in middle school or something, but by the people who were supposed to be my parents.”
What we discussed
(00:40) Azriel, an adoption abolitionist
(01:27) A whole family traumatized by adoptions OR Azriel’s adoption story
(06:02) Erasing my heritage OR No idea who I am…
(08:32) Mindf*cked OR From someone’s garbage to someone’s blessing
(11:26) Illegal adoption OR Renting me for my “cute” years OR Getting illegally adopted
(12:52) My mom and grandma’s traumas
(16:28) Is adoption generosity? OR Is adoption selfless? OR Is adoption a better life?
(21:37) Living a literal lie OR Why am I not good enough to know the truth?
(24:59) Why I think my adoption was illegal
(27:52) What I wish they did instead OR 1 call would’ve changed my life
(29:46) Becoming an abolitionist
(31:10) Family policing is genocide
(34:51) Community is lifesaving OR “Twitter was as angry as me” OR Community saved my life
Links
Connect with Azriel: Twitter
Follow us on social media: Twitter | Instagram | Tiktok
Credits
Special thanks to Samuel Oyedele for editing our podcast, support his work on Instagram or e-mail him at Drumaboyiglobal@gmail.com
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