Multiracial child resource book : living complex identites

Book

Multiracial child resource book : living complex identites / Maria P.P. Rood, Matt Kelley, editors.

Root, Maria P. P. (Editor). Kelley, Matt. (Editor).

Record details

ISBN: 0972963901
ISBN: 9780972963909
Physical Description: xvi, 266 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Publisher: Seattle, Wash. : Mavin Foundation, ©2003.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:: Sec. 1. Multiracial "101". A statistical portrait of children of two or more races in census 2000 -- The evolution of the multiracial movement -- Patrolling racial borders: discrimination against mixed race people -- Health issues facing mixed race people -- Bill of rights for racially mixed people.

Sec. 2. Identity and development. Racial identity development and persons of mixed race heritage -- My quest for what my identity is -- Birth to three years: parental issues -- Developmental needs of children between 4 to 7 year old -- Mixed race youth between 8 to 11 years old -- The identity development of 11 to 14 year old multiracial youth -- Identity development issues for multiracial and multiethnic youth 15 to 17 years old -- Contextual factors affecting identity among mixed race heritage college students -- When and how families can disrupt mixed race identity -- On growing up queer and happy -- Domestic transracial adoption and multiraciality -- International adoption of mixed race children -- Multiracial youth within the foster care system.

Sec. 3. Specific multiracial heritages. Issues specific to general multiracial heritage -- Children of Latino/Anglo interethnic families -- But you don't look like an Indian...children of native American and Caucasian heritage -- Don't worry be happy: children of Asian and Caucasian heritage -- Relationships and black/white multiracial people -- LatiNegros: Afro Latinos' quest for identity -- Raising Asian-Latinos -- Just trees: reflections on ancestry among black Indians -- Multiracial Pacific islander youth -- Rice and beans: Asian/African Americans in the United States -- Multiracial Arab Americans -- What are you? multiethnic Asian Americans -- Multiethnic Black/African American testimonial -- Multiethnic Latino/a Testimonial -- Multirace and the future.