Mixed Race Studies

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  • Parent and Child Influences on the Development of a Black-White Biracial Identity

    Parent and Child Influences on the Development of a Black-White Biracial Identity Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2009-10-07 286 pages Dana J. Stone Harris Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Human Development In this qualitative…

  • A White Side of Black Britain: Interracial Intimacy and Racial Literacy

    “A White Side of Black Britain” explores the racial consciousness of white women in the United Kingdom who have established families and had children with black men of African Caribbean heritage. Filling a gap in the sociological literature on racism and antiracism, France Winddance Twine introduces new theoretical concepts in her description and analysis of…

  • An Exploration of the Experiences of Inter-racial Couples

    An Exploration of the Experiences of Inter-racial Couples Canadian Journal of Family and Youth (Le Journal Canadien de Famille et de la Jeunesse) Volume 1, Number 2 (2008) pages 75-111 ISSN: 1718-9748 Temitope Oriola Department of Sociology University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada This study utilizes in-depth interviews of five interracial heterosexual couples to explore how…

  • Ambiguous Ethnicity: Interracial Families in London

    In a society where race is a significant component of social identity and exerts an important influence on social relationships, the problems faced by couples who enter into ‘mixed’ marriages are especially difficult.

  • Chinese America and the Multiracial Family

    Chinese America and the Multiracial Family Chinese American Forum Special Edition (June 2004) pages 15-19 Amy Klazkin This week my husband and I sold our second car. We live in the city, and we don’t need two, so we listed the car on an internet forum and got lots of responses. The first and most…

  • Mixed race, mixed emotions

    Mixed race, mixed emotions The Arizona Republic 2005-05-13 Janie Magruder Multiracial children face challenges of identity, community Aaron Foster was 3 years old the first time the question came. “What are you?” asked the barber, out of earshot of his mother. “I’m a boy,” Aaron replied, bewildered. “No, what are you? Black? Chinese?” “I do…

  • Raising Multiracial Awareness in Family Therapy Through Critical Conversations

    Raising Multiracial Awareness in Family Therapy Through Critical Conversations Journal of Marital and Family Therapy Volume 31, Issue 4 (October 2005) pages 399–411 DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2005.tb01579.x Teresa McDowell, Associate Professor and Department Chair of Counseling Psychology Lewis & Clark University, Portland Oregon Lucrezia Ingoglia Greater Lakes Mental Healthcare Takiko Serizawa Family Service Associates Christina Holland Behavioral…

  • Half and Half: An (Auto)ethnography of Hybrid Identities in a Korean American Mother-Daughter Relationship

    This essay focuses on how immigrant mothers and second generation interracial daughters construct, perform, and negotiate racial and ethnic hybrid identities.

  • Consequences of Racial Intermarriage for Children’s Social Integration

    Consequences of Racial Intermarriage for Children’s Social Integration Sociological Perspectives Volume 53, Number 2 (Summer 2010) Pages 271–286 DOI: 10.1525/sop.2010.53.2.271 Matthijs Kalmijn, Professor of Sociology Tilburg University, The Netherlands Much has been written on ethnic and racial intermarriage, but little research is available on the social consequences of intermarriage. Are the children of mixed marriages…

  • Some Observations on Identity Problems in Children of Negro-White Marriages

    Some Observations on Identity Problems in Children of Negro-White Marriages Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease Volume 146, Issue 3 (March 1968) pages 249-256 Joseph D. Teicher (1912-2000) University of Southern California School of Medicine The Los Angeles County General Hospital population includes every case, and, inevitably, many Negro-white families present themselves for service at…