Korean Adoptee: What It Means to be Korean and an Adoptee? [R.A.W. TALK ep. 004: Patrick Armstrong]

Korean Adoptee Stories is proud to present Patrick Armstrong. A handsome KAD with a passion for volunteering and rapping/writing that at 30 is in the admist of coming to accept his identity of being a Korean and an adoptee. We are trying to keep our episodes shorter than an hour long to keep viewership retention, along with reduced editing and production times, however there is a bit of regret that we did not have the time to go deeper. And to us, even though there was much more to say, was cut short. And that only means Patrick may have to show up and rap for us again in the future, talk about why he loves to volunteer, and his birth family search updates! We were listening in preparation to Pat's podcast before our interview and it goes in a bit more in-depth for people interested in listening to his story and was a very well done story. Thanks for sharing your story with us.

Patrick's Podcast Interview:

https://www.dearasianamericans.com/64

Key Topics Covered:

0:29 - Personal Background

4:10 - Adoptive Family Experience

5:27 - Experience with Racism

10:13 - Beginning the Journey and Self-Discovery of being a KAD

14:51 - Childhood, Social Integration, School

18:45 - Cultural Diversity & Korean Culture

22:50 - Non-biological KAD Sibling & Adoptive Parents Relationship

27:54 - Political Views

35:03 - Mental Health & Effects of Adoption

40:17 - Dating & Relationships

43:43 - Gide Foundation & Upcoming Role

47:00 - Job, Non-Profit Work, Interests

49:47 - Korean Name, Birth Search, Finding Connections

54:50 - Political View on Adoption

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YouTube Video Can Be Viewed Here:

https://anchor.fm/korean-adoptee-stories/episodes/What-Does-It-Mean-to-Be-Korean-and-an-Adoptee--R-A-W--TALK-ep--004-Patrick-Armstrong-esomik/a-a4v25bv

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KONNECT with our KADS:

Patrick Armstrong:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/patrick.armstrong.7737769

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/patrickintheworld/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-armstrong-3585b4154/

Music:

SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/patrickisntreal/popular-tracks

bandcamp: https://patrickarmstrong.bandcamp.com/

The All Times Are Local Foundation

Web: https://www.nimble-made.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alltimesarelocal/

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Interested in sharing your story?

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KoreanAdopteeStories@gmail.com

Tel: 1 (651) 491-8441

Alt: krbalitz@gmail.com

http://www.kadstories.com

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LINKS:

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http://www.TravisBalitz.com

http://www.KyleBalitz.com

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