“I wish I didn’t look so White”: examining contested racial identities in second-generation Black–White Multiracials

pilgrim, haley

doi:10.1080/01419870.2020.1841256

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“…Future research should also consider how the racial characteristics of Black-White biracial youth contribute to ERS and racial identification. Black-White biracial individuals who present more phenotypically as White, for instance, may not experience the same benefits and social acceptance that comes with a Black racial identification as their biracial peers who have more Black racial features (Pilgrim, 2021). Parents of White-presenting biracial children may recognize this and approach ERS differently, so researchers should be careful to examine this nuance moving forward.…”

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Exploring the association between parental ethnic–racial socialization and parental closeness on Black–White biracial adolescents’ choice of racial identification toward blackness.

Winchester¹,

Green²,

Jones³

2023

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

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Objective: To explore the influences of Black–White biracial adolescents’ choice to racially identify with Blackness, parental ethnic–racial socialization (ERS) messages, parental race, and perceived parental closeness were examined. Specifically, this study investigated how messages that promote monoracial Black pride and messages that prepare youth for monoracial Black bias may be related to adolescents’ identification with Blackness, and whether parental race or parental closeness moderated these relationships. Method: Three hundred thirty Black–White biracial adolescents (Mage = 14.82) were recruited across the United States via social media. Participants completed the Racial Socialization Questionnaire for Biracial Adolescents and a demographic questionnaire to indicate how close they felt to each parent. The analytic sample (n = 280) included respondents who racially identified as exclusively Black, blended Black, or exclusively biracial. Results: Multinomial logistic regression analyses revealed significant differences in the association between ERS messages and adolescent racial identification based on the race of the parent socializer. Further moderation analyses indicated that parental closeness, particularly regarding fathers, amplifies these findings. Conclusion: Maternal and paternal ERS messages are differentially associated with biracial adolescents’ choice of racial identification toward Blackness. interestingly, ERS messages from White parents seem to significantly influence racial identification compared to Black parents. Parental closeness further elucidates these findings.

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Section: Strengths Limitations and Future Directionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring the association between parental ethnic–racial socialization and parental closeness on Black–White biracial adolescents’ choice of racial identification toward blackness.

Winchester¹,

Green²,

Jones³

2023

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

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“We’re going to be the new white [people]:” multiracial Americans envision the future

Waring

2023

Ethnic and Racial Studies

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What Motivates Mixed Heritage People to Assert Their Ancestries?

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Liebler

2022

Genealogy

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Research on mixed heritage people has often focused on their reported race(s) and what these self-reports may reveal about their racial leanings. In the U.S., people are also asked: “What is this person’s ancestry or ethnic origin?” as a census fill-in-the-blank question. Existing research has analyzed the census data on race and ancestry and has uncovered meanings about ethnicity among White Americans, but little is known about the importance of ancestry in the case of mixed heritage people. In this paper, we draw on our interviews with 68 American-Indian-White, Black-White, and Asian-White mixed heritage people in the U.S. Given that many mixed heritage people’s connections with their disparate ancestries can be hindered by generational distance, lack of cultural contact and exposure, and social rejection, what motivates mixed heritage people to report their disparate ancestries, and how do their ancestry claims relate to their racial identities? How may the differential histories and racialization of groups in the U.S. shape mixed heritage people’s ability and inclination to assert either their White or minority ancestries? We found that mixed heritage individuals who were motivated to assert their ancestry claims did so for two main reasons: First, by claiming a specific ancestry (or ancestries), participants wished to assert a more individualistic sense of self than was typically allowed, given their racial treatment based upon their racial appearance; this could be especially meaningful if those individuals felt a mismatch between their racial assignment by others and their sense of self. Second, a claim to a specific ancestry was a way for individuals to forge connections with family, relatives, or an ancestry group that had not existed before. Overall, while most of our mixed heritage participants reported details of their European ancestries, it was their Black, American Indian, or Asian ancestries that were deemed to be most salient and/or meaningful to who they were.

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“I wish I didn’t look so White”: examining contested racial identities in second-generation Black–White Multiracials

Cited by 4 publications

References 58 publications

Exploring the association between parental ethnic–racial socialization and parental closeness on Black–White biracial adolescents’ choice of racial identification toward blackness.

Exploring the association between parental ethnic–racial socialization and parental closeness on Black–White biracial adolescents’ choice of racial identification toward blackness.

“We’re going to be the new white [people]:” multiracial Americans envision the future

What Motivates Mixed Heritage People to Assert Their Ancestries?

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