Geographies of Kinship | The "Babylift"
Clip: Season 10 Episode 5 | 2m 38sVideo has Closed Captions
Harry and Bertha Holt, and their mission to "save" mixed race Korean children.
Harry and Bertha Holt believed it their mission to save Korean children, especially of mixed race, by bringing them to the U.S. for adoption. But the legacy of their work has not always been viewed as positive by both social workers then and the adopted as adults now.
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Geographies of Kinship | The "Babylift"
Clip: Season 10 Episode 5 | 2m 38sVideo has Closed Captions
Harry and Bertha Holt believed it their mission to save Korean children, especially of mixed race, by bringing them to the U.S. for adoption. But the legacy of their work has not always been viewed as positive by both social workers then and the adopted as adults now.
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