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  • Are You Sensitive to Interracial Children’s Special Identity Needs?

    Are You Sensitive to Interracial Children’s Special Identity Needs? Young Children Volume 42, Number 2 (January 1987) pages 53-59 Francis Wardle Red Rocks Community College, Colorado Early childhood educators continually adjust to families they serve. Educators must provide for children not living with their natural parents, children from abusive families, children who rarely see their…

  • Do Mixed-Race (Black/White) People have an Ethical Obligation to Identify as Black?

    Do Mixed-Race (Black/White) People have an Ethical Obligation to Identify as Black? The Center for the Study of Biracial Children 2014-08-15 Francis Wardle, PhD. So says Thomas Chatterton Williams, in a March, 2012 article published in the New York Times. This article joins an increasing number of vocal voices published in progressive publications and in…

  • Color Struck: Essays on Race and Ethnicity in Global Perspective

    Color Struck: Essays on Race and Ethnicity in Global Perspective University Press of America April 2010 516 pages Paper ISBN: 0-7618-5064-3 / 978-0-7618-5064-9 Electronic ISBN: 0-7618-5092-9 / 978-0-7618-5092-2 Edited by Julius O. Adekunle, Professor of History Monmouth University, West Long Branch, New Jersey Hettie V. Williams, Lecturer, African American History Department of History and Anthropology…

  • Meeting the Needs of Multiracial and Multiethnic Children in Early Childhood Settings

    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…

  • Multiracial Children in Child Development Textbooks

    Multiracial Children in Child Development Textbooks Early Childhood Education Journal Volume 35, Number 3 (December, 2007) Pages 253-259 Print ISSN: 1082-3301; Online ISSN: 1573-1707 DOI 10.1007/s10643-007-0157-8 Francis Wardle The 2000 US census was the first to allow respondents to check more than one race/ethnic response for their identity. About 6.8 million Americans did so, and…

  • The Multiracial Experience: Racial Borders as the New Frontier

    In her bold new edited volume, The Multiracial Experience, Maria P. P. Root challenges current theoretical and political conceptualizations of race by examining the experience of mixed-race individuals.

  • The Identity Development of Biracial Children and Society’s Impact Thereon

    The Identity Development of Biracial Children and Society’s Impact Thereon Workshop by Francis Wardle 1989-03-04 18 pages Francis Wardle This document is taken from a workshop presentation focusing on the identity development of biracial children. The confusion of the academic community concerning this topic is emphasized. Three main aspects are examined: (1) “What is the…

  • Why Are People Different?: Multiracial Families in Picture Books and the Dialogue of Difference

    Why Are People Different?: Multiracial Families in Picture Books and the Dialogue of Difference The Lion and the Unicorn Volume 25, Number 3 September 2001 pp. 412-426 E-ISSN: 1080-6563 Print ISSN: 0147-2593 DOI: 10.1353/uni.2001.0037 Karen Sands-O’Connor The issue of race has often been contentious in children’s literature, from controversies over Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,…

  • Meeting the Needs of Multiethnic and Multiracial Children in Schools

    Meeting the Needs of Multiethnic and Multiracial Children in Schools Merrill an imprint of Pearson 2003-10-23 256 pages ISBN-10: 0205376088 ISBN-13:  9780205376087 Francis Wardle Red Rocks Community College, Colorado Maria I. Cruz-Janzen, Associate Professor of Multicultural Education Florida Atlantic University From one of the premiere experts on the subject comes this “crash course” for teachers…