Intersectional Adoption: My Lived Experience | Allie De Lacy | TEDxUniversityofStAndrews

Adoption is an intrinsically messy and complicated thing, that is too often dismissed as over-extended charity work. Allie De Lacy will give her perspective on both sides of this nuance; the positives and negatives of interracial and international adoption. Allie will give her perspective as someone with lived experience. Often encountering people talking about adoption as a theoretical concept, it is not a hypothetical situation to Allie- it is her life, her identity. That is an empowering concept in itself. Allie is a graduate from the University of Edinburgh, where she studied Chinese and Russian. She was adopted from China when she was 2 years old and has grown up with a very multicultural background. Campaigning in activism for the past 7 years, she has co-ordinated events such as the UN's 16 Days of Activism as in Edinburgh. Since 2019, she has co-founded a national antiracist movement called Racism Unmasked to help raise awareness about the rising hate crimes towards East and South East Asian people. She hopes to use this platform to speak about her experiences with international adoption, fighting against racism and the importance of finding your own individuality in a world that so often sees orphans as a statistic. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@elizasear3437]

As a Chinese adoptee I love this. I’m still struggling to reconcile a lot of stuff myself.

[@betseysarris8927]

I hope you're able to reconcile all that you're able to...sending my high hopes for your well-being and happiness. 🧡

[@allieyh2221]

It’s a journey, and it’s okay to be ever-evolving, and ever-changing, in regards to how you feel. I think when you have such a deep-rooted trauma, it’s hard not to feel like you’re fighting against a moving tide. But the main thing is to understand that you have time and you have the power to exist in the space you occupy in this world. Nobody can take that from you and only you can decide who you want to be ❤

[@hannahe597]

As a Chinese adoptee, I couldn't love this more. Beautifully written and spoken.

[@allieyh2221]

Thank you so much, I only just saw this comment but it’s lovely and made my day ☺️ - Allie

[@amparovale4842]

I wish i can share my beautiful adoptee journey looking for my Bio Mom 🙏

[@allieyh2221]

My heart goes with you, on your journey. Best of luck ✨