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  • Experiences and Processes Affecting Racial Identity Development: Preliminary Results From the Biracial Sibling Project

    Experiences and Processes Affecting Racial Identity Development: Preliminary Results From the Biracial Sibling Project Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology (formerly Cultural Diversity and Mental Health) Volume 4, Number 3 (August 1998) pages 237-247 DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.4.3.237 Maria P. P. Root Examined what drives the process of racial identity development in general for persons of mixed…

  • Choosing Choosing Racial Sides: Part Two… A Different Perspective

    Choosing Racial Sides: Part Two… A Different Perspective USARiseUp.com 2010-02-20 Cassandra Franklin-Barbajosa Contrary to popular opinion, the way mixed-race people look is not the primary influence that determines what part of their heritage they identify with, according to Seattle clinical psychologist and independent scholar Dr. Maria P. P. Root. She says a host of other…

  • “The New Kubla Khan: Mixed Race Multi-Nationalism”

    “The New Kubla Khan: Mixed Race Multi-Nationalism” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Studies Association 2009-05-24 Michele Elam, Martin Luther King, Jr. Centennial Professor of English, Professor, Director of African & African American Studies Stanford University This paper examines how, and to what ends, people of the “mixed race experience” are being…

  • New Faces in a Changing America: Multiracial Identity in the 21st Century

    New Faces in a Changing America: Multiracial Identity in the 21st Century SAGE Publications, Inc. Paperback ISBN: 9780761923008 2001 432 pages Edited by Loretta I. Winters California State University, Northridge Herman L. DeBose California State University, Northridge How multiracial people identify themselves can have major consequences on their positions in their families, communities and society.…

  • The Sum of Our Parts: Mixed-Heritage Asian Americans

    With an entire section devoted to the Asian diaspora, The Sum of Our Parts suggests that questions of multiracial and multiethnic identity are surfacing around the globe. This timely and provocative collection articulates them for social scientists and students.

  • Is That Your Child? Mothers Talk about Rearing Biracial Children

    Is That Your Child? Mothers Talk about Rearing Biracial Children Lexington Books (an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield) October 2008 146 pages Hardback ISBN: 978-0-7391-2763-6 Paperback ISBN: 978-0-7391-2764-3 eBook ISBN: 978-0-7391-3208-1 By Marion Kilson and Florence Ladd “Is That Your Child?” is a question that countless mothers of biracial children encounter whether they are African…

  • Biracial Women in Therapy: Between the Rock of Gender and the Hard Place of Race

    “Biracial Women in Therapy: Between the Rock of Gender and the Hard Place of Race” examines how physical appearance, cultural knowledge, and cultural stereotypes affect the experience of mixed-race women in belonging to, and being accepted within, their cultures.