We paint adopters as heroes, but in reality, there is nothing heroic about taking somebody else's kid. There are so many ways to support such families!

Today, Matthew Anthony joins us on the show to explore transnational/racial adoption. Matthew Anthony, formerly known as Matthew Charles, is a Black transnational/racial adoptee, a survivor of a cult, writer, poet, author of You Can Not Burn The Sun (2020), and host of little did u know - a podcast that seeks to reveal the precarity of transnational/racial adoption and dream of an Abolitionist future by centering Adoptees and Professionals. He currently lives in Baltimore and is eagerly plotting his escape from this capitalist hellhole.

In the session, Mathew shares his rough experience as a transnational/racial adoptee in a white evangelical family, the legality of adoption, his poem about Moses & how it’s relevant to every adoptee's life, as well as how to save a black child's life. Besides, we delve into creating a safe space for our future descendants through art and raising the adoptees' voices no matter how many relationships we lose! 

Timestamps:

[00:57] About Mathew Anthony
[03:47] What it means to be a transnational/transracial adoptee in the US
[09:17] The legality of the adoption
[17:52] Matthew’s caregivers & why they didn’t feel the need to protect him
[25:06] Matthew’s poem on Moses & how it relates to his life as an adoptee
[36:17] Difference between white & black art
[40:08] Creating a safe space for all marginalized kids & future descendants
[53:43] Ethiopia closing adoption & protecting their children
[54:50] Anthony’s most shocking moment in life as an adoptee that shifted his
perspective on everything
[01:00:00] Jo's story on losing most of her relationships for defending adoptees

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