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The Movie to Ban • Rotten Tomatoes is an Understatement
Boycott Blue Bayou Movie and Stand in Solidarity with Korean Adoptees
Why It’s Important to Value Someone Else’s Story
Disclaimer: As a writer and blogger, I write about things that matter to me. These are purely my thoughts. I am a biracial Korean who acknowledges that Korea is not a large country and somewhere in every Korean’s ancestry, we are all family.
Korea was the first country to begin transnational adoptions, so when I hear stories of Korean adoptees, I know that we are connected. When those stories are heartbreaking, I want to stand up for them. I am not an adoptee, but I write this to advocate and give a voice for others to do the right thing.
To all adoptees who don’t have a country, my heart sees you. Even when you’re hiding from the world, my heart sees you.
Blue Bayou Alert: Justin Chon used one man’s painful story to make money. It’s not a new phenomenon, but it is an impostor scam. Don’t go see the movie. Please. In fact, I am asking you to stand in solidarity with Korean adoptees and boycott the Blue Bayou movie.
Here’s why: Anyone who knows Adam Crapser’s deportation story knows that though Justin Chon used the fictitious name…
