Interracial Adoption In Vietnam Pros And Cons

Did you know that in 1975 after the Vietnam war over 2000 children were airlifted out of Vietnam so they could be adopted in the United States? This is one of the many things that I learned while watching the film Daughter from Danang. While I watched the film, there were many things I found to be surprising, which I will share throughout this paper. I will also share some pros and cons of interracial adoption, and I will talk about some cultural differences I noticed while watching the film. There are many things that surprised me in this film, but the thing that surprised me the most had to be how the mother acted more like a child than the daughter did. The daughters name is Heidi. When Heidi first meets her real mom, they share many emotions as you would expect, but as the film goes on Heidi starts to get annoyed by her mom because she won’t give her any space or alone time. I understand where the mom is coming from in that after 22 years of being separated she finally gets to be reunited with her daughter, and that can be very exciting, but she must know when she’s taking things too …show more content…
One advantage of interracial adoption is that it’s hard to hide that they are adopted so you never have to worry about what you’re going to tell them when they start to ask questions. Another advantage of interracial adoption is that there is a higher availability of non-white children. Having a higher availability can be beneficial for several reasons, because it’ll more than likely cost less and it will probably take less time to get the child you want. There are also some cons to interracial adoption though. One of the largest issues that families who choose to interracial adopt is gaining acceptance from friends and family. Some people have grandparents or parents who may not understand why someone would want to adopt a child of color, and it can be difficult for couples to deal with these negative