{"id":335,"date":"2009-08-16T01:26:48","date_gmt":"2009-08-16T01:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=335"},"modified":"2017-07-07T16:37:50","modified_gmt":"2017-07-07T16:37:50","slug":"my-choice-your-categories-the-denial-of-multiracial-identities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=335","title":{"rendered":"My Choice, Your Categories: The Denial of Multiracial Identities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1111\/j.1540-4560.2008.01594.x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">My Choice, Your Categories: The Denial of Multiracial Identities<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/journal\/10.1111\/(ISSN)1540-4560\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Journal of Social Issues<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/josi.2009.65.issue-1\/issuetoc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Volume 65, Number 1<\/a> (March 2009)<br \/>\npages 185-204<br \/>\nDOI: <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1111\/j.1540-4560.2008.01594.x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10.1111\/j.1540-4560.2008.01594.x<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epernicus.com\/sst\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarah S. M. Townsend<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><em>University of California, Santa Barbara<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/markus.socialpsychology.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hazel R. Markus<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Stanford University<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.princeton.edu\/~hburbank\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hilary B. Bergsieker<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Princeton University<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Mixed-race individuals often encounter situations in which their identities are a source of tension, particularly when expressions of multiracial and biracial identity are not supported or allowed.\u00a0 Two studies examined the consequences of this identity denial. In Study 1, mixed-race participants reported that their biracial or multiracial identity caused tension in a variety of contexts. Study 2 focused on one often-mentioned situation: completing a demographic questionnaire in which only one racial background can be specified.\u00a0 Relative to mixed-race participants who were permitted to choose multiple races, those compelled to choose only one showed lower subsequent motivation and self-esteem.\u00a0 These studies demonstrate the negative consequences of constraining mixed-race individuals\u2019 expression of their chosen racial identity. Policy implications for the collection of racial and ethnic demographic data are discussed.<\/p>\n<p>Read the entire article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsmtownsend.com\/uploads\/5\/4\/6\/6\/5466876\/townsend_markus__bergsieker_2009.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mixed-race individuals often encounter situations in which their identities are a source of tension, particularly when expressions of multiracial and biracial identity are not supported or allowed.  Two studies examined the consequences of this identity denial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,125,8,394,20],"tags":[8188,432,433,434,107,431,8187],"class_list":["post-335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-identitydevelopment","category-media-archive","category-socialscience","category-usa","tag-hazel-markus","tag-hazel-r-markus","tag-hilary-b-bergsieker","tag-hilary-bergsieker","tag-journal-of-social-issues","tag-sarah-s-m-townsend","tag-sarah-townsend"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=335"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54410,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335\/revisions\/54410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}