{"id":39284,"date":"2015-01-06T01:36:46","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T01:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=39284"},"modified":"2015-01-06T01:37:09","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T01:37:09","slug":"mixed-college-students-who-vs-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=39284","title":{"rendered":"Mixed College Students: WHO vs. WHAT"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mixed College Students: WHO vs. WHAT<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education<\/a>
\n2014-12-24<\/p>\n

Aaron Moore<\/strong><\/a>, Residence Life: Hall Director
\nOhio State University<\/em><\/p>\n

Over the past few weeks I have read Mixed: Multiracial College Students Tell Their Life Stories<\/em><\/a> (2014) and was extremely pleased with the thought provoking and eye opening narratives that were shared by the many students included in this book. I decided to read this book as a means of furthering my understanding of identity and how students come to understand who they are, but specifically, for individuals who identify as multiracial. I teach a Social Justice education course and understanding the racial landscape is often tough for students when they look at understanding themselves and relating to others, but grasping that there is not a \u201cbinary\u201d if you will as it relates to how one identifies can be a challenging topic to explore and a tough even tougher for individuals trying to answer the question of \u201cwho am I.\u201d When reading this book and the narratives I often had moments where I shook my head and understood what was being shared, but as I worked to connect with each student sharing their story, I found myself clothed with empathy as I tried to imagine what it must be like to answer the following:<\/p>\n