When Your Existence Is a Spectacle | My Lived Experience as an Chinese American Adoptee

In this video I discuss my life as a Chinese American adoptee, anti-Asian sentiment in the U.S. and Brazil, and how it's affected my life.

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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro
0:39 My Background
7:10 A Brief History of Anti-Chinese
Sentiment
12:59 Debunking Stereotypes
17:39 Asian american Community
vs. Adoptees
21:59 Being Asian in
Brazil
26:40 The Ramifications of Harm
29:14 Final Thoughts

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Sources:
Why Chinese people don’t need deodorant
https://thechinaproject.com/2019/07/08/kuora-why-chinese-people-dont-need-deodorant/

Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/chinese-exclusion-act#:~:text=In%20the%20spring%20of%201882,immigrating%20to%20the%20United%20States.

Immigrants from Asia in the United States
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/immigrants-asia-united-states-2020

Chinese Exclusion Act
https://youtu.be/fWIAv7yTqLE

What was the impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act? | The Chinese Exclusion Act
https://youtu.be/FbBatK7JWYc

How the 1965 Immigration Act Changed America
https://youtu.be/DU-D6b40WX0

1965 Immigration and Nationality Act
https://youtu.be/ivnWXxiKERs

Museum of Chinese in America Shows a Little-Known History
https://youtu.be/bRNos3m-z5k

【HD】SING女團-寄明月MV(舞蹈版) [Official MV Dance Ver.]官方完整版MV
https://youtu.be/49d95ni5J9Y

Rising Together: Asian American Activists | Nightly News Films
https://youtu.be/7BZnHa-4CI8

US sees huge rise in anti-Asian hate crime since pandemic began
https://youtu.be/RalXdPtYNyI

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Music from YouTube's Audio Library:
Blue Dream by Cheel
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Видео When Your Existence Is a Spectacle | My Lived Experience as an Chinese American Adoptee канала Cheyenne Lin