Season 6, Episode 18: Eric Poole is the Boy from Uijeongbu

25/04/2023 59 min Temporada 6 Episodio 18
Season 6, Episode 18: Eric Poole is the Boy from Uijeongbu

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Eric Poole, 55, is a transracially adopted Black Korean who has come a long way from his early days as a mixed-race Korean child in a US military camptown in Korea. He's now a father to three kids, husband, and one of the few Black pilots in the commercial flight industry. But his success story is built on the complicated foundation of being orphaned, outcast, alone and othered. He also shares his experiences being at the Holt orphanage, including being sexually abused by other kids and being groomed for a new life in the US.  (Part 1 of 2 part interview). 

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