{"id":37109,"date":"2014-08-18T20:32:08","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T20:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=37109"},"modified":"2014-08-18T20:32:08","modified_gmt":"2014-08-18T20:32:08","slug":"black-white-or-mixed-identity-formation-and-choice-among-black-white-biracial-individuals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=37109","title":{"rendered":"Black, White, or Mixed: Identity Formation and Choice Among Black-White Biracial Individuals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/10415\/4241\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Black, White, or Mixed: Identity Formation and Choice Among Black-White Biracial Individuals<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama<br \/>\n2014-08-02<br \/>\n82 pages<\/p>\n<p><strong>Madison Alayne Hinton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>A thesis submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Auburn University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Identity is a term that is difficult to define, yet every human being has one. It is a strong indicator of how people will act and defines them in an important way and is a reflection of one\u2019s self and self-understanding. Identity is an important aspect for all humans, but it is an especially interesting trait when describing biracial individuals due to their multiracial background. The biracial demographic is growing quickly from that of the past, so it is important that their unique situation be researched. This study explores the family influence on biracial identity choice by\u00a0gathering data using both a questionnaire and a focus group. The findings concluded family does have a significant, yet indirect, impact on the racial identity choice of their biracial children by encouraging individuality and allowing the person to choose their racial category themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Read the entire thesis <a href=\"https:\/\/etd.auburn.edu\/bitstream\/handle\/10415\/4241\/Hinton%2c%20Madison_Thesis_Complete.pdf?sequence=2\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black, White, or Mixed: Identity Formation and Choice Among Black-White Biracial Individuals Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 2014-08-02 82 pages Madison Alayne Hinton A thesis submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Auburn University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts Identity is a term that is difficult to define, yet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[838,125,8,20],"tags":[17762,17763],"class_list":["post-37109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dissertations","category-identitydevelopment","category-media-archive","category-usa","tag-auburn-university","tag-madison-alayne-hinton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37109","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=37109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}