The Racial and Ethnic Identity Development Process for Adult Colombian Adoptees

Autor: Veronica Cloonan, Tammy Hatfield, Susan Branco, LaShauna Dean
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Genealogy, Vol 7, Iss 2, p 35 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2313-5778
DOI: 10.3390/genealogy7020035
Popis: This research aimed to understand the process adult Colombian adoptees raised in the United States of America go through to define themselves in the context of race and ethnicity. The research followed a qualitative narrative methodology, in which six participants were interviewed twice regarding their experiences with transracial and transnational adoption and their ethnic and racial identity process. The results suggest that identity is a dynamic process. Our research also confirms Colombian’s history of unethical adoptions and its influence on the complexity of identity and loss of adult Colombian adoptees. Throughout the article, the researchers use the term biological family referring to Colombian birth families. However, we acknowledge that other terms (i.e., first, natural, original, etc.) are also used in the adoptee community.
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