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 all of the items on the list, and not all people experience them to the same extent. This is a very good document for counseling professionals, as well as student development people to use to begin to have some sort of understanding of the experiences that students of mixed heritage are confronted with. This is also I think a very good document to use to begin conversations with students of mixed heritage, or groups of students to begin to talk about their experiences and begin conversations about what it is like to be mixed. I know that when I read this there were some things that I identified with and others that never really happened to me, but the fact that it was not just me that had gone through things like this made me feel like there were others out there that would understand what its like to experience even just a fraction of these experiences.
Posted on Tuesday, October 31st, 2006 in the following categories: 1996, Counseling Resources, Document, Maria Root, Student Development Resources, Students/Family Resources
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