As the multiracial population in the United States continues to rise, new models for our understanding of mixed-race children and how their conception of racial identity must be developed. A wide divide between academics who research biracial identity, and the everyday world of parents and practitioners who raise and deal with mixed-race children exists. This book aims to fill this gap by providing an extensive synthesis of the existing research in the field, as well as a model for better understanding the unique process of racial identity development for mixed-race children. Raising Biracial Children provides parents, educators, social workers, and anyone interested in multiracial issues with an accessible framework for understanding healthy mixed-race identity development and to translate those findings into practical care-giving strategies.
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Kerry Ann Rockquemore is associate professor of African American Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and coauthor of Raising Biracial Children.
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Chapter 1 Preface and Acknowledgments
Chapter 2 Chapter One: Moving Beyond Tragedy: A Multidimensional Model of Mixed-Race Identity
Chapter 3 Chapter Two: Acceptance and Denial: Shifting Our Gaze from Labels to Pathways
Chapter 4 Chapter Three: Racism in America: What Parents Need to Know
Chapter 5 Chapter Four: Starting at Home: Families and Racial Socialization
Chapter 6 Chapter Five: Beyond the Family: Community Influences on Racial Identity Development
Chapter 7 Chapter Six: More than Skin Deep: Appearances and Mixed-Race Identity
Chapter 8 Chapter Seven: Just between Sisters: The Intersection of Race and Gender in the Lives of Mixed-Race Girls
Chapter 9 Chapter Eight: Multiracialism in America: Reflections and New Directions
Chapter 10 Appendix A: Multiracial Organizations
Chapter 11 Appendix B: Online Resources
Chapter 12 Appendix C: Research and Reading for Interracial Families
Chapter 13 Appendix D: Movies and Documentaries
Chapter 14 References
Chapter 15 About the Authors