Mixed Race Studies

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  • A House Divided: The Invisibility of the Multiracial Family

    A House Divided: The Invisibility of the Multiracial Family Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Volume 44, Number 1 2009 pages 231-253 University of Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09-26 Angela Onwuachi-Willig, Professor of Law, Charles M. and Marion J. Kierscht Scholar University of Iowa College of Law Jacob Willig-Onwuachi, Assistant Professor of Physics…

  • In Their Parents’ Voices: Reflections on Raising Transracial Adoptees

    Rita J. Simon and Rhonda M. Roorda’s In “Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees” Tell Their Stories shared the experiences of twenty-four black and biracial children who had been adopted into white families in the late 1960s and 70s. The book has since become a standard resource for families and practitioners, and now, in this sequel,…

  • Researching white mothers of mixed-parentage children: the significance of investigating whiteness

    Researching white mothers of mixed-parentage children: the significance of investigating whiteness Ethnic and Racial Studies Published online: 2013-01-14 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2013.752101 Joanne Britton, Lecturer in Applied Sociology University of Sheffield This article takes as its starting point the increasing number of research studies that pay specific attention to family relationships when investigating mixedness. It draws on…

  • Social capital and the informal support networks of lone white mothers of mixed-parentage children

    Social capital and the informal support networks of lone white mothers of mixed-parentage children Ethnic and Racial Studies Published online: 2013-02-06 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2013.752100 Vicki Harman, Lecturer in the Centre for Criminology and Sociology Royal Holloway, University of London This article takes as its starting point the increasing number of research studies that pay specific attention…

  • Multiethnic Children, Youth, and Families: Emerging Challenges to the Behavioral Sciences and Public Policy

    Multiethnic Children, Youth, and Families: Emerging Challenges to the Behavioral Sciences and Public Policy Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Studies Volume 62, Issue 1 (February 2013) (Special Issue on Multiethnic Families) pages 1–4 DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2012.00760.x Hamilton I. McCubbin University of Hawaii, Manoa Laurie “Lali” D. McCubbin, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Counseling…

  • Mixed-race youth feel less cohesion with mothers, but greater independence

    Mixed-race youth feel less cohesion with mothers, but greater independence University of Michigan News Service 2013-02-26 Contact: Jared Wadley ANN ARBOR—Multiethnic and mixed-race youth feel less satisfied with their moms—but more independent—compared to other youth, according to a new University of Michigan study. U-M researcher Elma Lorenzo-Blanco and colleagues compared parenting and family-related experiences between…

  • Parenting, Family Processes, Relationships, and Parental Support in Multiracial and Multiethnic Families: An Exploratory Study of Youth Perceptions

    Parenting, Family Processes, Relationships, and Parental Support in Multiracial and Multiethnic Families: An Exploratory Study of Youth Perceptions Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Studies Volume 62, Issue 1 (February 2013) (Special Issue on Multiethnic Families) pages 125–139 DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2012.00751.x Elma I. Lorenzo-Blanco Departments of Psychology and Women’s Studies University of Michigan, Ann Arbor…

  • Crossing the Color Line: Race, Parenting, and Culture

    Crossing the Color Line: Race, Parenting, and Culture Rutgers University Press August 1994 215 pages Cloth ISBN 0-8135-2105-X Paperback ISBN 0-8135-2374-5 Maureen T. Reddy, Professor of English Rhode Island College Contents Preface Acknowledgments 1. On Lines and Bridges 2. Starting Out 3. “Why Do White People Have Vaginas?” 4. “One Drop of Black Blood” 5.…

  • Racial Socialization of Biracial Youth: Maternal Messages and Approaches to Address Discrimination

    Racial Socialization of Biracial Youth: Maternal Messages and Approaches to Address Discrimination Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Studies Volume 62, Issue 1 (February 2013) pages 140–153 DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2012.00748.x Alethea Rollins, Instructor, Child and Family Development University of Central Missouri Andrea G. Hunter, Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies University of North…

  • Parenting in Multiracial Families

    Parenting in Multiracial Families 2013-01-20 My name is Chloe Jhangiani and I am a second year master’s social work student conducting research for my thesis at Smith College School for Social Work. I am recruiting multiracial adults with racial heritage from two or more racial groups to participate on a study about how their parents…