Category: Family/Parenting

  • Do Racist Attitudes Hinder Mothers of Mixed-Race Children? Science Daily 2010-04-28 Professor Ravinder Barn and Dr. Vicki Harman from the Centre for Criminology and Sociology at Royal Holloway, University of London are carrying out research into white mothers of mixed-race children. It is part of a wider study of mixed-race children and young people that…

  • A cross-cultural marriage is an adventure I’d recommend The Observer 2009-12-27 Anushka Asthana, Education Correspondent Mixed-race unions in this country are on the increase, a magical journey that benefits all the families involved One visit to India and a childhood playing cricket was never going to be quite enough to prepare Toby, a white Englishman…

  • Biracial Children Learn To Self-Identify Tell Me More National Public Radio 2010-04-20 Michel Martin, Host Interview with: Kip Fulbeck, Professor of Performative Studies, Video University of California, Santa Barbara Author of: Mixed: Portraits of Multiracial Kids Peggy Orenstein Author of: Waiting for Daisy: A Tale of Two Continents, Three Religions, Five Fertility Doctors, An Oscar,…

  • Parenting children from ‘mixed’ racial, ethnic and faith backgrounds: typifications of difference and belonging Ethnic and Racial Studies First Published on: 2009-10-29 Volume 33, Issue 6 (preview) DOI: 10.1080/01419870903318185 Rosalind Edwards, Professor in Social Policy Families & Social Capital Research Group London South Bank University Chamion Caballero, Senior Research Fellow Families & Social Capital Research…

  • Intercultural Marriage and Family: Beyond the Racial Divide The Family Journal Volume 9, Number 1 (2001) pages 39-42 DOI: 10.1177/1066480701091008 John McFadden, The Benjamin Elijah Mays Distinguished Professor Emeritus University of South Carolina Intercultural marriages have emerged as a central theme in discussion, not only among helping professionals but also the general public. Issues surrounding…

  • Biracial Identity Development and Recommendations in Therapy Psychiatry (Edgemont) Volume 5, Number 11 (November 2008) pages 37-44 Raushanah Hud-Aleem, DO Department of Psychiatry Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio Jacqueline Countryman, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Department of Psychiatry Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio Identity development is an…

  • Biracial Youth and Their Parents: Counseling Considerations for Family Therapists The Family Journal Volume 12, Number 2 (2004) pages 170-173 DOI: 10.1177/1066480703261977 Laurie McClurg University of Virginia In spite of recent developments in the area of multicultural family therapy, interracial families and their biracial children remain a neglected population in the mental health field. Very…

  • Slave Mothers and White Fathers: Defining Family and Status in Late Colonial Cuba Slavery & Abolition Volume 31, Issue 1 (March 2010) pages 29-55 DOI: 10.1080/01440390903481647 Karen Y. Morrison, Assistant Professor of Afro-American Studies University of Massachusetts, Amherst This paper outlines the mechanisms used to position the offspring of slave women and white men at…

  • Assessing Shifting Racial Boundaries: Racial Classification of Biracial Asian Children in the 2000 Census Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2009-12-07 77 pages Sara Megan McDonough Thesis submitted to the faculty of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Sociology. This…

  • Meeting the Needs of Multiracial and Multiethnic Children in Early Childhood Settings Early Childhood Education Journal Issue Volume 26, Number 1 (September, 1998) Pages 7-11 Print ISSN 1082-3301; Online ISSN: 1573-1707 DOI 10.1023/A:1022974423276 Francis Wardle Early childhood programs have been in the forefront of implementing a multiracial curriculum. Early childhood educators need to extend these…