{"id":64286,"date":"2023-06-19T01:05:04","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T01:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=64286"},"modified":"2023-06-19T01:05:04","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T01:05:04","slug":"white-dads-and-biracial-black-kids-concerns-and-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=64286","title":{"rendered":"White Dads and Biracial Black Kids: Concerns and Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"

White Dads and Biracial Black Kids: Concerns and Challenges<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Chinyere Osuji, PhD, Author, Professor, Speaker<\/a>
\n2023-06-08<\/p>\n

Chinyere Osuji<\/strong><\/a>, Assistant Professor of Sociology
\nRutgers University, Camden<\/em><\/p>\n

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There are some stories that live in your head rent-free years after hearing them.<\/em><\/p>\n

For my first book Boundaries of Love: Interracial Marriage and the Meaning of Love<\/em><\/a> (2019, NYU Press), I conducted over 100 interviews in Brazil<\/a> and the United [States]<\/a> with people in interracial marriages or longterm cohabiting marital unions. There was a smorgasborg of themes that emerged in this cross-national comparison, so only the biggest or most striking ones made it into the book. Yet there are some stories that still gnaw at me.<\/p>\n

Around 2010, I interviewed a Black woman, Felice, who married a White man, named Bob. I came to their quiet suburban home and they were kind enough to let me interview them separately AND together! When I spoke to Felice, she said that right before she met Bob, she had dated a different White man before him. His name was– let’s call him Aaron. They were native Angelinos, had grown up together, and had many friends in common. (Note for the haters: she had also dated Black men, she didn’t discriminate.) However, Bob rushed in out of nowhere, winning her heart and sealing the deal…<\/p>\n

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