Category: Identity Development/Psychology

  • Multiracial Identity Development Arlington County Public Schools Arlington County, Virginia Clarendon Education Center 2011-11-30 28 pages/ 55 slides Ms. Eleanor Lewis, M.A., CAGS, School Psychologist Arlington Public Schools Ms. Veronica Sanjines, M.A., CAG, School Psychologist Arlington Public Schools Dr. Ricia Weiner, Ph.D., School Psychologist Arlington Public Schools Special Education Parent Resource Center: Workshop Handouts View…

  • Hapa, Amerasian, Euro-Asian, or ‘Other’ Asian Week: The Voice of Asian America 2005-12-16 Nathalie Ishizuka From day one, I was labeled, “other.” Singing my ABCs, looking Japanese and asking for a “bonbon,” it was hard not to notice me. My French mother and Japanese father told me that it was my terrible singing voice that…

  • More than the Sum of My Parts: Multiracial Teen Identity Development and Experiences of Appeasement and Objection in a Mono-Racialized Context University of Minnesota 2013 321 pages Brynja Elisabeth Halldórsdóttir Gudjonsson Dissertation SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY This dissertation…

  • Hafu: The Mixed-Race Experience in Japan Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 29th Edition 2013-05-02 through 2013-05-12 2012 87 minutes Directed by: Megumi Nishikura and Lara Perez Takagi English, Japanese Screening: Wednesday, 2013-05-08, 19:30 PDT (Local Time): National Center for the Preservation of Democracy HAFU is more than a mere documentary about mixed race Japanese, or…

  • When do I use “we”? In a room full of people I do not know, I always search out the ones who fall in the middle, like me, out of some irrational ideal that we belong together.  I worry that this is the wrong thing for the child of a mixed marriage to feel.  My…

  • Why isn’t multiculturalism accepted in society nowadays? The Voice London, England 2013-01-25 Kamran Assadi Kamran Assadi on why diverse cultural identities in Britain should be embraced not questioned I BELIEVE society and the environment you live in can alter your opinions and the way you view life. Stereotypes can alter our thinking towards different religions,…

  • It’s Not Always Black And White: Caught Between Two Worlds Outskirts Press 2013-01-18 100 pages Paperback ISBN: 9781478716693 John Reed, Ph.D. John Reed knows from experience how difficult the life of a biracial person can be. He was born in Germany after World War II to a German-Caucasian mother and an African-American father. The difficulty…

  • Are Hapa White Asian Americans? Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu 2012-02-01 Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu Stanford University Some people seem to think hapa means white Asian American, even though it originally refers to Hawaiian mixtures and is not confined to hapa haole. I never had that impression myself, as one of my first hapa friends was Margo Okazawa-Rey and she…

  • Hybrid Identities and Adolescent Girls: Being ‘Half’ in Japan Multilingual Matters 2009-12-03 280 pages 210 x 148 (A5) Paperback ISBN: 9781847692320 Hardback ISBN: 9781847692337 Laurel Kamada, Lecturer Professor Tohoku University, Japan This is the first in-depth examination of “half-Japanese” girls in Japan focusing on ethnic, gendered and embodied ‘hybrid’ identities. Challenging the myth of Japan…

  • So, What Are You… Anyway?: 2013 Conference on Multiracial Identity Hosted by the Harvard College Half-Asian People’s Association Harvard University 2013-04-05 through 2013-04-06 The Harvard Half-Asian People’s Association will host its fifth annual conference on mixed-race politics and identity issues, “So…What Are You, Anyway?” (SWAYA) on Friday, April 5, 2013 and Saturday, April 6, 2013…