Torie DiMartile
Category: Identity
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1h 22m
This session explores transracially adopted person Torie DiMartile's dissertation research on how racial identity and family belonging is created and understood by Black adult transracial adopted people. Drawing from interviews with dozens of adult adopted people, along with her own experiences in adoption, she discusses the challenges many adopted people of color face when being raised in white homes, such as intra-familial racism, racial gaslighting, and colorblindness, and the impact that has on their connections with their adoptive family, their racial identity development, and their mental health.
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