Half and Half: Writers on Growing up Biracial + Bicultural
This book is a very good resource for those wanting to learn more about what it’s like to grow up mixed race. At the same time, this book is also very good for people, probably in the late college + age range, who are struggling to learn more about or come to [...]
Multiracial Child Resource Book
This is the best book I have found for anyone wanting to find out about multiracial identity formation through the childhood years as well as resources for supporting the healthy development of children of mixed heritage. In addition to the topic of multiracial individuals transnational adoption issues are also covered. This [...]
Diversity in College Settings: Directives for Helping Professionals
I have some mixed feelings about this article. In one respect it is wonderful that the biracial student has been included in this book. On the other hand, the one case study they decided to put in might leave someone who has had little contact with mixed race students with a [...]
What are you? Voices of Mixed Race Young People
Simply put this book is wonderful book. This book is a collection of interviews with mixed race people around the ages of about 16-24. Gaskins gives us an introduction to the book, and talks about why she has written this book, some of the history of mixed race issues in America, [...]
Bill of Rights for People of Mixed Heritage
This is a document that could be very liberating for mixed race students. This would be good for all the audiences, but specifically for the mixed race student who is at a stage where they are able to say “this is how I would like to identify myself at this point [...]
50 Experiences of Racially Mixed People
This list came out of the research Dr. Root was doing to the biracial siblings project. This is a list of 50 statements, questions, or experiences that mixed race student were confronted with. As she states in the introduction to the list, it is not exhaustive and not all people experience [...]
The Biracial Identity Development Model: A Needed Addition
This is a very good article for counseling professionals as well as student development professionals. While this piece was written in 1990 it compares the identity development theories that were on the books at the time to the experiences of mixed race students and gives us a view of how those theories [...]
Love’s Revolution: Interracial Marriage
This book does not focus primarily on the experience of mixed-race children. Instead Root focuses on the experiences that inter-racial couples go through when considering marriage. This includes the reactions of family, broader social forces, historical issues, and how notions of race and acceptance are being changed by these interracial couples [...]