Saturday, February 20, 2010

why were so many Korean adoptees placed in Minnesota?

There has to be some logical explanation...
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2 comments:

  1. Adelaide DupontFebruary 21, 2010 at 4:22 AM

    Because Holt and/or agencies had connections there?

    I will have to read more about the demographics before I can come up with a more substansive hypothesis.

    And religion may have something to do with it too. It has always been a strongly Christian state.

    Culture, education, the great outdoors and transportation have a lot to do with it.

    Here is a blog. Maybe you could ask this person:

    I love Olive: St Louis Fricks

    Let me think, Asian-Americans in this state are 3.5% according to the Community Survey of 2008.

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  2. JaeRanMarch 3, 2010 at 11:59 PM

    Part of it has to do with a Korean American social worker who worked for many years at CHSFS (formerly Children's Home Society); another guess is that it's because several Korean adoption agency social workers received their education at the U of MN and had developed relationships with Korea The U of MN has a long standing partnership with some S. Korean universities.

    Other people have attributed it to the overall "culture" (similar to Norway and Sweden, who have the highest per capita number of Korean adoptees in Europe).

    So probably many factors all contributed. A perfect storm?

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