Claiming a Biracial Identity: Resisting Social Constructions of Race and CulturePosted in Articles, Autobiography, Identity Development/Psychology, Media Archive on 2010-08-16 20:51Z by Steven |
Claiming a Biracial Identity: Resisting Social Constructions of Race and Culture
Journal of Counseling & Development
Volume 77, Number 1 (Winter 1999)
pages 32-35
ISSN-0748-9633
Carmen Braun Williams, Assistant Vice President for Diversity
University of Colorado System
In a world where socially constructed categories of race are misconstrued as biological, the author, a light-skinned “Black,” found herself unacceptable to both sides. From exploring her own Blackness to owning both her Whiteness and her Blackness, her story explores the biracial experience that goes beyond racial identity models.