{"id":54067,"date":"2017-11-09T03:18:17","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T03:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=54067"},"modified":"2017-11-09T03:18:49","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T03:18:49","slug":"multiracial-parents-mixed-families-generational-change-and-the-future-of-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=54067","title":{"rendered":"Multiracial Parents: Mixed Families, Generational Change, and the Future of Race"},"content":{"rendered":"

Multiracial Parents: Mixed Families, Generational Change, and the Future of Race<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

New York University Press<\/a>
\nNovember 2017
\n192 pages
\n2 tables and 1 figure
\nCloth ISBN: 9781479840540
\nPaper ISBN: 9781479825905<\/p>\n

Miri Song<\/strong><\/a>, Professor of Sociology
\nUniversity of Kent<\/em><\/p>\n

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The views and experiences of multiracial people as parents<\/em><\/p>\n

The world\u2019s multiracial population is considered to be one of the fastest growing of all ethnic groups. In the United States<\/a> alone, it is estimated that over 20% of the population will be considered \u201cmixed race\u201d by 2050. Public figures\u2014such as former President Barack Obama<\/a> and Hollywood actress Ruth Negga<\/a>\u2014further highlight the highly diverse backgrounds of those classified under the umbrella term of \u201cmultiracial.\u201d<\/p>\n

Multiracial Parents<\/em> considers how mixed-race parents identify with and draw from their cultural backgrounds in raising and socializing their children. Miri Song presents a groundbreaking examination of how the meanings and practices surrounding multiracial identification are passed down through the generations.<\/p>\n

A revealing portrait of how multiracial identity is and is not transmitted to children, Multiracial Parents<\/em> focuses on couples comprised of one White and one non-white minority, who were mostly \u201cfirst generation mixed,\u201d situating her findings in a trans-Atlantic framework.<\/p>\n

By drawing on detailed narratives about the parents\u2019 children and family lives, this book explores what it means to be multiracial, and whether multiracial identity and status will matter for multiracial people\u2019s children. Many couples suggested that their very existence (and their children\u2019s) is a step toward breaking down boundaries about the meaning of race and that the idea of a mixed-race population is increasingly becoming normalized, despite existing concerns about racism and racial bias within and beyond various communities.<\/p>\n

A critical perspective on contemporary multiracial families, Multiracial Parents<\/em> raises fundamental questions about the future significance of racial boundaries and identities.<\/p>\n

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