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China Adoption, Chinese Infant Adoption - Category: The Race Thing China Adoption Blog Adoption Blogs >China Adoption Blog >The Race Thing Go to Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next 10/26/07 Asian-American Role Models: Franklin Chang-Diaz, Plasma Rocketeer. Posted by : grant in China Adoption Blog at 10:13 am , 344 words, 488 views Categories: The Race Thing As parents of kids from China, it s important (they tell me) to seek out Asian-American role models - people who are relatively noteworthy and who are both Asian and American, who live well here, in this society. So here s another one. Scientist. Adventurer. Atom Scrambler. Dr. Franklin Chang-Diaz is a Costa Rican-American of Chinese descent. The Chinese press typically calls him Zhang Fulin ( ), his Chinese name. That s the same "Fu" you ll see in a lot of adopted kids ... more 1 comment SPONSOR 09/17/07 Standards of Beauty. Posted by : grant in China Adoption Blog at 06:34 am , 371 words, 154 views Categories: The Race Thing So, the other day, Daughter and My Callipygian Spouse were in the store and Daughter s eyes fell, as they do, on this doll. The one being held by that dashing man in that picture off to the right there. Normally, the eyes fall on something, Daughter makes a remark, and that s that. But on seeing this doll, she insisted she had to have it. "Mama, Mama!" she said. "I love that Barbie! Look at her hair! Look at her color! She looks like me!" So of course, My Munificent Spouse had to buy it for her. The reasoning behind Daughter s fascination seems a little... more 6 comments 08/03/07 Being Chinese-American: History Lessons. Posted by : grant in China Adoption Blog at 06:39 am , 385 words, 296 views Categories: China Yesterday, The Race Thing I m not a Chinese-American, but my kids are. Here s something about what that means. The Fortune Cookie Chronicles is a blog that s mostly about all-American Chinese food, but recently devoted a little atte...