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  • ‘Doing the right thing’: transracial adoption in the USA

    ‘Doing the right thing’: transracial adoption in the USA Ethnic and Racial Studies Volume 36, Issue 8 (August 2013) Special Issue: Mothering Across Racialised Boundaries pages 1273-1291 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2013.776698 Ravinder Barn, Professor of Social Policy and Social Work Royal Holloway, University of London Racial/cultural identity and parental cultural competence in transracial adoption (TRA) are subjects…

  • Mental health service use by adolescents of Indian and White origin

    Mental health service use by adolescents of Indian and White origin Archives of Disease in Childhood Published online: 2013-07-29 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-303772 Panos Vostanis, Professor of Psychology University of Leicester Nadzeya Svirydzenka, Research Assistant Department of Psychology University of Leicester Pat Dugard, Independent Senior Statistician King’s Lynne, United Kingdom Swaran Singh, Professor of Social and Community…

  • Multiracial Child Resource Book: Living Complex Realities

    Published in 2003, this groundbreaking, 288-page volume edited by Maria P. P. Root, Ph.D. and Matt Kelley, offers 35 chapters to assist the people who work with children to serve multiracial youth with compassion and competence.

  • Participatory diagramming in social work research: Utilizing visual timelines to interpret the complexities of the lived multiracial experience

    Participatory diagramming in social work research: Utilizing visual timelines to interpret the complexities of the lived multiracial experience Qualitative Social Work Volume 12, Number 4 (July 2013) pages 414-432 DOI: 10.1177/1473325011435258 Kelly F. Jackson, Assistant Professor of Social Work Arizona State University The purpose of this article is to present an illustrative example of the…

  • Refusing to Identify by Race

    Refusing to Identify by Race The New York Times 2013-07-11 Carlos Hoyt Andover, Massachusetts Re “Has ‘Caucasian’ Lost Its Meaning?” (news analysis, Sunday Review, July 7 [2013]): I recently completed a doctoral study at the Simmons School of Social Work about people who are commonly ascribed to the black/African-American, biracial or multiracial categories, but who…

  • Winners of 1st Korea Multicultural Youth Awards

    Winners of 1st Korea Multicultural Youth Awards The Korea Times 2012-12-12 Jun Ji-hye Habitus, a student volunteer group at Yongmoon High School in Seoul, has worked for vulnerable members of society such as the disabled, senior citizens and multiracial children. Among their good works, running the study room for elementary school students from multiracial families…

  • Black-White Biracial Children’s Social Development from Kindergarten to Fifth Grade: Links with Racial Identification, Gender, and Socioeconomic Status

    Black-White Biracial Children’s Social Development from Kindergarten to Fifth Grade: Links with Racial Identification, Gender, and Socioeconomic Status Social Development Volume 23, Issue 1 (February 2014) pages 157–177 DOI: 10.1111/sode.12037 Annamaria Csizmadia, Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies University of Connecticut, Stamford Jean M. Ispa, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies University…

  • Why We Need to Talk About Race in Adoption

    Why We Need to Talk About Race in Adoption Bitch Magazine 2013-05-29 Nicole Callahan Two years ago, on vacation in the Great Smoky Mountains, I saw a white couple at a restaurant with their Asian daughter. Though her father told her to quit staring, I felt the girl’s eyes on me all through the meal.…

  • Transracial mothering and maltreatment: are black/white biracial children at higher risk?

    Transracial mothering and maltreatment: are black/white biracial children at higher risk? Child Welfare Volume 91, Number 1 (January-February 2012) pages 55-77 Mary E. Rauktis, Research Assistant Professor of Social Work University of Pittsburgh Rachel A. Fusco, Assistant Professor of Social Work University of Pittsburgh The number of people identifying as biracial is rapidly growing, though…

  • Racial and Ethnic Identity Development in White Mothers of Biracial, Black-White Children

    Racial and Ethnic Identity Development in White Mothers of Biracial, Black-White Children Affilia Volume 19, Number 1 (February 2004) pages 68-84 DOI: 10.1177/0886109903260795 Margaret O’Donoghue, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Social Work New York University This article reports on a qualitative research study of the racial and ethnic identity of 11 White mothers who were married…