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The Vietnam War (1954-1975)
Two years after the end of the Vietnam War, President Gerald Ford announced
that thousands of Vietnamese orphans were to be evacuated from the city of Saigon
on flights. Saigon and other cities were under attack by North Vietnamese troops and
citizens fled the country for fear of their lives. Several American adoption agencies
with facilities in Vietnam asked the government for help with evacuating children in
their orphanages. The American press coined this massive evacuation “Operation
Babylift.”
Vietnamese mothers begged Americans to take their children to save them from
the perils of the war; but when the unrest in Saigon began to settle, families asked for
their children back (Steinmetz, 2010). By the time this happened, some American
adoptive parents had no intention of returning the children. Those that were willing
to send the children back had little help. Without proper documentation or any way
to directly contact the birth families, reuniting Vietnamese parents with their children
proved almost impossible.
Poverty in Guatemala
In the 1980s, a shift in the predominant country of origin in overseas adoption
occurred as Americans sought an increasing number of children in Central and South
America (The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute). Columbia was the primary
“sending” country in the region until the 1990s, when Guatemala took the lead in
Central and South American adoptions. From 1981 to 2001, American citizens
Object Description
| Title | Babies without borders: exploring perceptions of international adoption |
| Author | Roberts, Nicole Marie |
| Author email | n.roberts@ymail.com; simplynicolemarie@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Strategic Public Relations |
| School | Annenberg School for Communication |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-03-31 |
| Date submitted | 2011 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2011-05-03 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Floto, Jennifer D. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Lynch, Brenda Thorson, Kjerstin |
| Abstract | International adoption is an incredibly complex and hotly debated issue. In an effort to understand the roots of the system, the author delves deep into the history of adoption and the transition to international adoption in the United States while examining the perceptions of the system today.; Using public relations techniques, the author offers communication-based recommendations that will help mitigate any stigma so that international adoptions continue without the negative undertones that are often associated with the idea of adopting from another country. |
| Keyword | adoption; international adoption |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA; Greece; Korea; Vietnam; Guatemala; Romania; USSR; China |
| Coverage date | 1939/2009 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3877 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Roberts, Nicole Marie |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Roberts-4524 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Roberts-4524.pdf |
Description
| Title | Page 35 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 23 The Vietnam War (1954-1975) Two years after the end of the Vietnam War, President Gerald Ford announced that thousands of Vietnamese orphans were to be evacuated from the city of Saigon on flights. Saigon and other cities were under attack by North Vietnamese troops and citizens fled the country for fear of their lives. Several American adoption agencies with facilities in Vietnam asked the government for help with evacuating children in their orphanages. The American press coined this massive evacuation “Operation Babylift.” Vietnamese mothers begged Americans to take their children to save them from the perils of the war; but when the unrest in Saigon began to settle, families asked for their children back (Steinmetz, 2010). By the time this happened, some American adoptive parents had no intention of returning the children. Those that were willing to send the children back had little help. Without proper documentation or any way to directly contact the birth families, reuniting Vietnamese parents with their children proved almost impossible. Poverty in Guatemala In the 1980s, a shift in the predominant country of origin in overseas adoption occurred as Americans sought an increasing number of children in Central and South America (The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute). Columbia was the primary “sending” country in the region until the 1990s, when Guatemala took the lead in Central and South American adoptions. From 1981 to 2001, American citizens |
