Stupid Things People Say to Adopted Koreans

1. Have you met your real parents?
2. Why don’t you speak Korean?
3. I taught English in Korea and met a Korean adoptee.
4. I adopted my daughter/son from Korea!
5. My dad served in the Korean War.
6. Are you from the North or the South?
7. Why don’t you like kimchi?
8. You don’t look Korean.
9. You should really watch The Joy Luck Club.
10. I know a Korean adoptee who met their birth mom through one of those reunion shows on Korean TV. Have you tried that?
11. Have you dated your brother? You’re not biologically related so…
12. You’re lucky you were adopted. At least you didn’t have to grow up in an orphanage.
13. Why haven’t you searched for your birth family?
14. Why haven’t you gone back to Korea?
15. You know, I’m second generation Korean American and we have so much in common.
16. My partner and I are planning to adopt. Any advice?
17. Are you 100 percent Korean?
18. You should be thankful you got to go to America.
19. How long have you been studying English?
20. Are you an exchange student?
21. If you hadn’t been adopted, I never would have met you!
22. Maybe it’s not God’s will for you to meet your Korean family.