"At 23, my world just blew up. It literally just blew up in my face." - Darius Colquitt, Black Late Discovery + Kinship Adoptee
"I love you. I love you, too. How much? Til the world blow up...". That's how Darius Colquitt and his dad would communicate when Darius was younger. With one fateful Facebook message, Darius' world that included his loving parents and his cool-ass uncle who wore suits and listened to jazz blew ALL the way up.
His uncle turned out to be his biological father and the man he knew as his dad was really his uncle.
In the aftermath, it was his passion and gift for artistic expression that helped Darius pick up, process and re-imagine the pieces of his life. The award-winning entertainer wrote his way toward healing and a new narrative.
Darius' personality is BIG and we cut UP in this conversation! But don't get it twisted. Take it from three late discovery adoptees: sometimes you gotta laugh to keep from crying. The height of our joy matches the depth of our pain.
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RECOMMENDED ADOPTION RESOURCES
- WATCH: "I Am A Product of the Southside" - an excerpt from Darius' one-man production, Til The World Blow Up!: A Southside Love Story
- LISTEN: Voices of African American LDA and kinship adoptees on The Black Adoption Podcast: S1E6, S2E5, S2E11, S2E14, S3E33
- Black Adoptee Support Group on Instagram @blackadopteesupportgroup
- READ: Time to Come Off the Porch: Journey of Healing from the Wounds of Kinship Care in the Black Family by Dr. Kimberley Hundley
- REQUIRED READING: Black to the Beginning Reads Bookshop - A carefully curated list of #BTTBreads...for the culture!
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