Commissioned work for Oneworld, 2020
Adopts of color, anti-racism is your fight too ” Shame or loneliness among #adoptees of color is too easily passed on to adoption – while racism is often also a factor. “Make our experiences part of the anti-racism movement,” says Max de Blank. “At home and at school I was always the one who was different. I did not have role models with the same appearance in my immediate environment. I did have to listen to Hanky Panky Shanghai all my school days. I could also share few experiences of racism with my white environment, who had never experienced racism myself. I learned from them that racism was something abstract, so I did not recognize my own experiences as racism This lack of recognition results in a dormant feeling of loneliness and shame for yourself, your appearance and your identity. ”
