The interracial experience : growing up Black/white racially mixed in the United States / Ursula M. Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Ursula M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multiracial people--United States.

Multiracial people.

United States.

Ethnicity--United States.

Ethnicity.

United States--Race relations.

Race relations.

Physical Description:

x, 153 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001.

Summary:

Offers significant new insights into the lives, struggles, frustrations and joys of mixed race people whose marginal social position has created a unique set of psychological challenges.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction: Three Interracial People 1

Chapter 2 An Orientation of the Study 13

Chapter 3 Racism 29

Chapter 4 Racial Identity, Conflict, and Self-esteem 43

Chapter 5 When the Clothes Don't Fit 57

Chapter 6 The Family 69

Chapter 7 Places to Live and Learn 83

Chapter 8 Love and Color 97

Chapter 9 Being Well 109

Appendix A Demographic Characteristics of the Study Participants and Their Parents 121

Appendix B Pathdiagram of Multivaried Relationships of Racial Identity, Conflict, and Self-esteem 125

Appendix C National Interracial Support/Advocacy Groups 129.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [139]-147) and index.

ISBN:

0275970469

OCLC:

43930168