Interracial Relationships in the 21st Century

Posted in Anthologies, Barack Obama, Books, Family/Parenting, Gay & Lesbian, Identity Development/Psychology, Media Archive, Social Science, United States on 2009-11-28 21:37Z by Steven

Interracial Relationships in the 21st Century

Carolina Academic Press
2009
160 pp
Paper ISBN: 978-1-59460-571-0
LCCN: 2009001612

Earl Smith, Professor of Sociology and Rubin Professor and Director of Ethnic Studies
Wake Forest University

Angela J. Hattery, Professor of Sociology
Wake Forest University

Interracial Relationships in the 21st Century is a unique set of essays—both personal and research based—that explore a variety of issues related to interracial couplings in the 21st Century United States. Edited by Earl Smith and Angela Hattery, professors of sociology at Wake Forest University, this volume brings together the leading scholars in both the social sciences and the humanities who explore interracialities.

The chapters cover a wide range of topics related to navigating interracial relationships, including a chapter by George Yancey and colleagues that focuses on the tensions around interracial relationships in conservative Christian churches, to the role that racism and patriarchy play in shaping intimate partner violence among interracial couples—Smith and Hattery’s own contribution. Kerry Ann Rockquemore and Tracey A. Laszloffy focus on the children of interracial unions and their attempts to negotiate a racial identity. Wei Ming Dariotis uses a personal narrative to explore the discourse and cooption of the term “Hapa” by a variety of Asian Americans. And, Amy Steinbugler offers an examination of the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality in her chapter on interracial, same sex couples. Other contributors include Kellina M. Craig-Henderson, Emily J. Hubbard and Amy Smith.

In light of the recent election of the first African American president, Barack Obama, himself a bi-racial individual living in a multi-racial family, this book could not be more timely.

Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1 • Introduction, Earl Smith & Angela Hattery
    • Interracial Marriage among Whites and African Americans
    • References

    Chapter 2 • African American Attitudes towards Interracial Intimacy: A Review of Existing Research and Findings, Kellina M. Craig-Henderson

    • Introduction
    • African American Attitudes towards Interracial Intimacy
    • Focusing on African American Attitudes
    • Research on African Americans’ Attitudes toward Interracial Intimacy
    • Variation within Race
    • Illustration: The HBCU Study
    • Concluding Comments
    • References

    Chapter 3 • Hapa: An Episodic Memoir, Wei Ming Dariotis

    • Introduction
    • Hapa: Community and Family
    • War Baby | Love Child (Ang 2001)
    • War Babies: White Side/Chinese Side
    • Hapa: Language, Identity and Power
    • Conclusion
    • References

    Chapter 4 • What about the Children? Exploring Misconceptions and Realities about Mixed-Race Children, Tracey A. Laszloffy & Kerry Ann Rockquemore

    • Misconception #1: Doomed to Identity Confusion
    • Reality: Racial Identity Varies and Can Change over Time
    • Misconception #2: Doomed by Double Rejection
    • Reality: Acceptance and Comfort Require Contact
    • Racial Socialization in Interracial Families
    • Individual Parental Factors
    • The Quality of the Parents’ Relationship
    • Parents’ Response to Physical Appearance
    • Raising Biracial Children
    • References

    Chapter 5 • Race and Intimate Partner Violence: Violence in Interracial and Intraracial Relationships, Angela Hattery & Earl Smith

    • Introduction
    • Interracial Relationships
    • Black-White Intermarriage
    • Theoretical Framework: Race, Class and Gender
    • Experiences with IPV in Interracial Relationships:
      • The Story
      • Race Differences in Victimization
      • Race Differences in Perpetration
      • Racial Composition of the Couple
      • African American Men and White Women
      • White Men and African American Women
      • Race, Class and Gender: Analyzing the Data
      • Conclusion
    • Bibliography

    Chapter 6 • Hiding in Plain Sight: Why Queer Interraciality Is Unrecognizable to Strangers and Sociologists, Amy C. Steinbugler

    • Sexuality, Interracial Intimacy, and Social Recognition
    • Research Methodology
    • Seeing Straight: Heterosexual Interracial Intimacy in Public Spaces
    • Exclusion and Affirmation
    • Heterosexuality as Visual Default
    • Queer Interraciality: Intimacy Unseen
    • The Privileges and Vulnerability of Social Recognition
    • Visibility and the Performance of Gender
    • A Broader Lack of Recognition
    • Analyzing Heterosexuality: Privileges and Problems
    • Gay and Lesbian Interracial Families: Hiding in Plain Sight?
    • Conclusion
    • Bibliography

    Chapter 7 • Unequally Yoked: How Willing Are Christians to Engage in Interracial and Interfaith Dating?, George Yancey, Emily J. Hubbard & Amy Smith

    • Introduction
    • Instructions on Interfaith Dating
    • Instructions on Interracial Dating
    • Christianity and Racism
    • Why Christians May Not Interracially Date
    • Procedures
    • Data and Methods
    • Variables
    • Results
    • Discussion
    • Conclusion
    • References

    Chapter 8 • Conclusion: Where Do Interracial Relationships Go from Here?, Angela Hattery & Earl Smith

    • References
    • Index
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    Raising Biracial Children

    Posted in Books, Family/Parenting, Identity Development/Psychology, Media Archive, Women on 2009-10-13 21:00Z by Steven

    Raising Biracial Children

    AltaMira Press an Imprint of Rowman & Littlefield Publishing
    November 2005
    208pp
    Cloth: 0-7591-0900-1 / 978-0-7591-0900-1
    Paper 0-7591-0901-X / 978-0-7591-0901-8

    Kerry Ann Rockquemore
    University of Illinois

    Tracey A. Laszloffy  

    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.

    About the Authors
    Kerry Ann Rockquemore
    is associate professor of African-American studies and sociology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is co-author of Beyond Black: Biracial Identity in America. Her research focuses on racial socialization in inter-racial families and racial identity development. Tracey A. Laszloffy is a marriage and family therapist in private practice in Connecticut. Prior to this she served on the faculty at Seton Hall University where she directed the masters level Marriage and Family Therapy Program. Dr. Laszloffy has published extensively in the area of race, oppression, and family therapy.

    Table of Contents

    • Preface and Acknowledgments
    • Chapter One: Moving Beyond Tragedy: A Multidimensional Model of Mixed-Race Identity (Read the chapter here).
    • Chapter Two: Acceptance and Denial: Shifting Our Gaze from Labels to Pathways
    • Chapter Three: Racism in America: What Parents Need to Know
    • Chapter Four: Starting at Home: Families and Racial Socialization
    • Chapter Five: Beyond the Family: Community Influences on Racial Identity Development
    • Chapter Six: More than Skin Deep: Appearances and Mixed-Race Identity
    • Chapter Seven: Just between Sisters: The Intersection of Race and Gender in the Lives of Mixed-Race Girls
    • Chapter Eight: Multiracialism in America: Reflections and New Directions
    • Appendix A: Multiracial Organizations
    • Appendix B: Online Resources
    • Appendix C: Research and Reading for Interracial Families
    • Appendix D: Movies and Documentaries
    • References
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    Beyond Black: Biracial Identity in America (Second Edition)

    Posted in Books, Census/Demographics, Identity Development/Psychology, Media Archive, Monographs, Social Science, United States on 2009-10-13 17:37Z by Steven

    Beyond Black: Biracial Identity in America (Second Edition)

    Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
    December 2007
    220 pages
    Cloth ISBN: 0-7425-6054-6 / 978-0-7425-6054-3
    Paper ISBN: 0-7425-6055-4 / 978-0-7425-6055-0

    By Kerry Ann Rockquemore and David L. Brunsma
    Foreword by Joe Feagin

    Beyond Black is a groundbreaking study of the dynamic meaning of racial identity for multiracial people in post-Civil Rights America. Kerry Ann Rockquemore and David Brunsma document the wide range of racial identities that individuals with one Black and one White parent develop, and they provide a incisive sociological explanation of the choices facing those who are multiracial.

    Stemming from the controversy of the 2000 Census and whether an additional “multiracial” category should be added to the survey, this second edition of Beyond Black uses both survey data and interviews of multiracial young adults to explore the contemporary dynamics of racial identity formation. The authors raise even larger social and political questions posed by expanding racial categorization on the U.S. Census.

    About the Authors
    Kerry Ann Rockquemore
    is associate professor of African American Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and coauthor of Raising Biracial Children.

    David L. Brunsma is associate professor of sociology at the University of Missouri-Columbia and coeditor of The Sociology of Katrina: Perspectives on a Modern Catastrophe.

    Table of Contents

    • List of Tables and Figures
    • Preface
    • Acknowledgements
    • Foreword: Joe Feagin
    • Chapter 1: Who is Black? Flux and Change in American Racial Identity
    • Chapter 2: Biracial Identity Research: Past and Present
    • Chapter 3: What it Means to be Mixed-Race in Post-Civil Rights America
    • Chapter 4 : Sociological Factors Influencing Biracial Identity
    • Chapter 5: The Color Complex: Appearances and Multiracial Identity
    • Chapter 6: Who is Black Today and Who Will be Black Tomorrow?
    • Endnotes
    • Appendices
    • References
    • Index
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    Mixed Messages: Multiracial Identities in the “Color-Blind” Era

    Posted in Anthologies, Books, Family/Parenting, Identity Development/Psychology, Media Archive, Politics/Public Policy, Social Science, United States, Women on 2009-10-12 23:29Z by Steven

    Mixed Messages: Multiracial Identities in the “Color-Blind” Era

    Lynne Rienner Publishers
    2006
    405 pages
    Hardcover: ISBN: 978-1-58826-372-8
    Paperback: ISBN: 978-1-58826-398-8

    Edited by David L. Brunsma, Professor of Sociology
    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

    The experiences and voices of multiracial individuals are challenging current categories of race, profoundly altering the meaning of racial identity and in the process changing the cultural fabric of the nation. Exploring this new reality, the authors of Mixed Messages examine what we know about multiracial identities—and the implications of those identities for fundamental issues of justice and equality.

    Read the entire introduction here.

    Table of Contents

    • Mixed Messages: Doing Race in the Color-Blind Era—David L. Brunsma
    • SHIFTING COLOR LINES.
      • Defining Race: Comparative Perspectives—F. James Davis.
      • Black, Honorary White, White: The Future of Race in the United States?—Eduardo Bonilla-Silva and David G. Embrick.
      • Racial Justice in a Black/Nonblack Society—George Yancey.
      • Carving Out a Middle Ground: The Case of Hawai’i—Jeffrey Moniz and Paul Spickard.
      • New Racial Identities, Old Arguments: Continuing Biological Reification—Rainier Spencer.
      • Color Blindness: An Obstacle to Racial Justice?—Charles A. Gallagher.
      • Racism, Whitespace, and the Rise of the Neo-Mulattos—Hayward Derrick Horton.
    • MANIPULATING MULTIRACIAL IDENTITIES.
      • Race, Multiraciality, and the Neoconservative Agenda—G. Reginald Daniel and Josef Manuel Castañeda-Liles.
      • White Separatists in the Color-Blind Era: Redefining Multiracial and White Identities—Abby L. Ferber.
      • Defining Racism to Achieve Goals: The Multiracial and Black Reparations Movements—Johanna E. Foster.
      • Selling Mixedness: Marketing with Multiracial Identities—Kimberly McClain DaCosta.
    • SOCIALIZATION IN MULTIRACIAL FAMILIES.
    • DILEMMAS OF MULTIRACIAL IDENTITY.
      • Negotiating Racial Identity in Social Interactions—R. L’Heureux Lewis and Kanika Bell.
      • Black/White Friendships in a Color-Blind Society—Kathleen Korgen and Eileen O’Brien.
      • Black and Latino: Dominican Americans Negotiate Racial Worlds—Benjamin Bailey.
      • Finding a Home: Housing the Color Line—Heather Dalmage.
      • Confronting Racism in the Therapist’s Office—Kwame Owusu-Bempah.
      • Culture and Identity in Mixed-Race Women’s Lives—Debbie Storrs.
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    The Politics of Multiracialism: Challenging Racial Thinking

    Posted in Anthologies, Books, Census/Demographics, Media Archive, Politics/Public Policy, United States on 2009-09-27 23:39Z by Steven

    The Politics of Multiracialism: Challenging Racial Thinking

    State University of New York Press
    June 2004
    263 pages
    Hardcover ISBN-10: 0-7914-6153-X; ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-6153-2
    Paperback ISBN-10: 0-7914-6154-8; ISBN13: 978-0-7914-6154-9

    Editor:

    Heather M. Dalmage, Professor of Sociology and Director
    Mansfield Institute for Social Justice
    Roosevelt University

    A provocative analysis of current thought and discourse on multiracialism.

    This is the first book to critically look at the political issues and interests surrounding the broadly defined Multiracial Movement and at what is being said about multiracialism. Many of the multiracial family organizations that exist across the United States developed socially, ideologically, and politically during the conservative Reagan years. While members of the Multiracial Movement differ widely in their political views, the concept of multiracialism has been taken up by conservative politicians in ways that are often inimical to the interests of traditionally defined minorities.

    Contributors look at the Multiracial Movement’s voice and at the political controversies that attend the notion of multiracialism in academic and popular literature, internet discourse, census debates, and discourse by and about pop culture celebrities. The work discusses how multiracialism, hybridity, and racial mixing have occurred amidst existing academic discussions of authenticity, community borders, identity politics, the social construction of race, and postmodern fragmentation. How the Multiracial Movement is shaping and transforming collective multiracial identities is also explored.

    Contributors include Erica Chito Childs, Kimberly McClain DaCosta, Heather M. Dalmage, Abby L. Ferber, Charles A. Gallagher, Terri A. Karis, Rebecca Chiyoko King-O’Riain, Kerry Ann Rockquemore, Barbara Katz Rothman, Rainier Spencer, Eileen T. Walsh, and Kim M. Williams.

    Table of Contents

    Part One: Context of the Multiracial Movement

    1. All in the Family: The Familial Roots of Racial Divisions
    Kimberly McClain DaCosta

    2. Defending the Creation of Whiteness: White Supremacy and the Threat of Interracial Sexuality
    Abby L. Ferber

    3. Racial Redistricting: Expanding the Boundaries of Whiteness
    Charles A. Gallagher

    4. Linking the Civil Rights and Multiracial Movements
    Kim M. Williams

    Part Two: Discourses of the Multiracial Movement

    5. Beyond Pathology and Cheerleading: Insurgency, Dissolution, and Complicity in the Multiracial Idea
    Rainier Spencer

    6. Deconstructing Tiger Woods: The Promise and Pitfalls of Multiracial Identity
    Kerry Ann Rockquemore

    7. Multirace.com: Multiracial Cyberspace
    Erica Chito Childs

    8. “I Prefer to Speak of Culture”: White Mothers of Multiracial Children
    Terri A. Karis

    Part Three: Lessons from the Multiracial Movement

    9. Model Majority? The Struggle for Identity among Multiracial Japanese Americans
    Rebecca Chiyoko King-O’Riain

    10. Transracial Adoption: Refocusing Upstream
    Barbara Katz Rothman

    11. Protecting Racial Comfort, Protecting White Privilege
    Heather M. Dalmage

    12. Ideology of the Multiracial Movement: Dismantling the Color Line and Disguising White Supremacy?
    Eileen T. Walsh

    List of Contributors

    Index

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    Journal of Social Issues – Multiracial Identity Issue

    Posted in Articles, Media Archive, Social Science, United States on 2009-09-18 01:10Z by Steven

    Volume 65, Number 1 issue of Journal of Social Issues, (published by The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues) is entirely focused on mixed-race issues.

    Journal of Social Issues
    Volume 65, Number 1
    pages 1-245
    2009-03

    You can read this issue online for free here or click on the individual articles below.

    OVERVIEW AND INTRODUCTION

    MULTIRACIAL IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION

    MULTIRACIAL PEOPLE’S VIEWS OF RACE

    PERCEPTIONS AND REPRESENTATIONS OF MULTIRACIAL PEOPLE

    PUBLIC POLICIES AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES FOR MULTIRACIAL PEOPLE

    COMMENTARY

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    Racing to Theory or Retheorizing Race? Understanding the Struggle to Build a Multiracial Identity Theory

    Posted in Articles, Identity Development/Psychology, New Media, Social Science on 2009-08-16 00:51Z by Steven

    Racing to Theory or Retheorizing Race? Understanding the Struggle to Build a Multiracial Identity Theory

    Journal of Social Issues
    2009
    Volume 65, Number 1
    pp. 13–34

    Kerry Ann Rockquemore, Associate Professor
    University of Illinois at Chicago

    David L. Brunsma, Professor of Sociology
    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

    Daniel J. Delgado
    University of Missouri-Columbia

    Empirical research on the growing multiracial population in the United States has focused largely on the documentation of racial identification, analysis of psychological adjustment, and understanding the broader political consequences of mixed-race identification. Efforts toward theory construction on multiracial identity development, however, have been largely disconnected from empirical data, mired in disciplinary debates, and bound by historically specific assumptions about race and racial group membership. This study provides a critical overview of multiracial identity development theories, examines the links between theory and research, explores the challenges to multiracial identity theory construction, and proposes considerations for future directions in theorizing racial identity development among the mixed-race population.

    Read the entire article for free here.

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