{"id":44462,"date":"2015-12-05T20:03:33","date_gmt":"2015-12-05T20:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=44462"},"modified":"2015-12-05T20:03:33","modified_gmt":"2015-12-05T20:03:33","slug":"multiracial-kids-since-mixed-race-is-still-not-often-considered-a-legitimate-group-by-both-whites-and-people-of-color-alike-often-experience-an-added-layer-of-invis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=44462","title":{"rendered":"Multiracial kids\u2014since mixed race is still not often considered a \u201clegitimate\u201d group (by both whites and people of color alike)\u2014often experience an added layer of invisibility that is so damaging for their self-esteem."},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>\u201cChildren of color in general either tend to get left out of school curriculum and societal teachings or hyper-visibilized in negative, harmful ways. Multiracial kids\u2014since mixed race is still not often considered a \u201clegitimate\u201d group (by both whites and people of color alike)\u2014often experience an added layer of invisibility that is so damaging for their self-esteem. Multiracial children don\u2019t fit typical racial constructs and complicate the conversation in a way folks don\u2019t like. When others feel discomfort and disequilibrium, it leads them to dismiss, gloss over, minimize or scoff at mixed race experiences. This often then leads multiracial children to feel they cannot be their whole authentic self on any front unless they\u2019re willing to subscribe to prescribed racial categories.\u201d \u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/multiasianfamilies.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon H. Chang<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SFdirewolf\" target=\"_blank\">Alice Wong<\/a>, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=44444\" target=\"_blank\">Parents (of multiracial kids) Just Don\u2019t Understand<\/a>,\u201d <em>AsAmNews<\/em>, December 3, 2015. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asamnews.com\/2015\/12\/03\/parents-of-multiracial-kids-just-dont-understand\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.asamnews.com\/2015\/12\/03\/parents-of-multiracial-kids-just-dont-understand\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cChildren of color in general either tend to get left out of school curriculum and societal teachings or hyper-visibilized in negative, harmful ways. Multiracial kids\u2014since mixed race is still not often considered a \u201clegitimate\u201d group (by both whites and people of color alike)\u2014often experience an added layer of invisibility that is so damaging for their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[22167,20633,14613,16773],"class_list":["post-44462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-excerpts","tag-alice-wong","tag-asamnews","tag-sharon-chang","tag-sharon-h-chang"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44462","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=44462"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44463,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44462\/revisions\/44463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}