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Adoption isn't just a childhood experience, it's a life-long experience.

DaShanne Stokes

Adoption isn't just a childhood experience, it's a life-long experience.

Tags: adopt, adopted, adopted kids, adoptee, adoptee rights, adoptees, adopting, adopting a child, adoption, adoption and attitude

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Adoptees deserve open records because deception and partial truths do not set us free.

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Being denied their original birth certificates isn't just a problem for adoptees. It's a social problem, requiring social change.

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One of the main functions of a push-up bra is to lower the number of mothers who seem like mothers.

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Laws forbidding adoptees from accessing their original birth certificates are outdated and need to be changed today.

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Discovering that I was adopted redefined my entire world, but it taught me that who you are doesn't change.

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A role model is a person whose roles can be modelled. If the roles you conceive and give birth to today cannot be adopted by anyone in your absence, you are no good model.

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It's illegal to deny people their records due to race or gender. Adoptees deserve the same rights and protections.

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It's illegal to deny people their records due to race or gender. Adoptees deserve the same rights and protections.

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Adoptee rights are everyone's rights, and they deserve to be protected.

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Adoptee rights are everyone's rights, and they deserve to be protected.

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About DaShanne Stokes

DaShanne Stokes (born 1978) is an author, sociologist, public speaker and pundit. He speaks on politics, culture, and civil rights and is known as a progressive activist.