Generational Change and The Future Multiracial Locus of Mixture

Song, Michael

doi:10.1002/9781119430452.ch22

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“…Individuals are coded as being single, in a relationship with a partner who themselves identify as white, or in a relationship with a partner who does not identify white as one of their racial groups. We also draw on research that suggests that having children impacts one's own racial formation process, as interracial parents are forced to consider how and why to identify and socialize their children in particular ways (Song 2017). Respondents are coded as having had children or not.…”

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Making Minorities or Honorary Whites? Examining Multiracial Self-Concept

Jones,

Frank

2023

Soc Psychol Q

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Since the 1990s, scholars have speculated on the role of multiracials in shaping race relations in the twenty-first century. Drawing from a purposive sample of roughly 600 self-identified multiracials of partial white origin, we examine race making among multiracials through what we are calling self-concept, a conceptualization that runs along two dimensions—identity and closeness—by which we assess the extent to which multiracials align more closely with a white self-concept, more closely with a minority self-concept, or equally. We find that while there is variation, multiracials of partial white ancestry are more likely to express a self-concept that is more aligned with minorities than with whites. Moreover, we find that despite what the literature suggests, variation in self-concept is less associated with ascription than with social/familial context and racial attitudes. These findings suggest that while ascription matters, racial self-concept is primarily shaped through experience.

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Making Minorities or Honorary Whites? Examining Multiracial Self-Concept

Jones,

Frank

2023

Soc Psychol Q

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“…Recent estimates from the 2020 US Census indicate that as many as 10% of the US population selected two or more races (more than half of those among people who also identified as Hispanic or Latino), a dramatic increase from 2.9% in 2010 (US Census, 2021). This growth in racially mixed populations has inspired an examination of shifting racial boundaries across social realms, from dating (Buggs, 2019; Curington et al, 2015), to parenting (Song, 2017), to politics (Davenport, 2018).…”

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Mixing races, maintaining racism? Considering the connection between interracial families, social distance, and racial inequality

Bratter

Campbell

2023

J of Family Theo & Revie

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Researchers often assume that close interracial relationships, especially intermarriage, simultaneously reflect and cause a weakening of racial and ethnic boundaries and inequality between groups. In fact, interracial marriage is often used as a measure of social distance. We question those assumptions, noting the salient boundaries and durable inequalities that remain despite decades of increases in interracial relationships. We begin with historical examples, showing how, for much of US history, there was no expectation that interracial sexual encounters would reduce racial inequality or weaken boundaries. Incorporating critical race theory and intersectional perspectives, we describe how the impact of interracial intimate relationships is both gendered and classed. We argue that research on contemporary intimate interracial relationships (friendships, dating, and marriage) explains why such relationships may have little impact on attitudes, inequality, and the rigidity of boundaries and call for future research to consider dynamics within the family as well.

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Generational Change and The Future Multiracial Locus of Mixture

Cited by 2 publications

References 20 publications

Making Minorities or Honorary Whites? Examining Multiracial Self-Concept

Making Minorities or Honorary Whites? Examining Multiracial Self-Concept

Mixing races, maintaining racism? Considering the connection between interracial families, social distance, and racial inequality

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