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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828594303321

Autore

Brown Ursula M

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2000

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024

ISBN

979-84-00-67179-1

0-313-00033-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (165 p.)

Disciplina

305.8/00973

Soggetti

Racially mixed people - United States

Ethnicity - United States

United States Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- THE INTERRACIAL EXPERIENCE -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 1  Introduction: Three Interracial People -- THE YEAR 2000 -- MATTHEW: TOWARD A BLACK IDENTITY -- SIDNEY: TRYING TO FIT IN -- CLAUDETTE: OUT OF THE CLOSET -- A CLOSER LOOK AT THREE LIVES -- RACIAL IDENTITY IN PERSPECTIVE -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 2  An Orientation of the Study -- HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: MULATTOS DURING SLAVERY AND BEYOND -- Society at Large -- Mental Health Community -- WHO IS THE RESEARCHER? WHO ARE THE PEOPLE TO BE STUDIED AND WHAT ARE THE METHODS? -- Researcher -- Methodology -- Limitation of Study -- CHAPTER 3  Racism -- THE SIGNIFICANCE OF COLOR -- IMPACT OF RACISM ON BLACKS -- RACISM AGAINST INTERRACIAL PEOPLE -- THE NATURE OF RACISM -- CHAPTER 4  Racial Identity, Conflict, and Self-esteem -- RACIAL IDENTITY -- Identity Variations -- Public versus Private Identities -- Primary and Secondary Identities -- Identity Fluctuations -- CONFLICT -- Resolution of the Identity Question -- SELF-ESTEEM -- TREATMENT OF RACIAL IDENTITY ISSUES IN PSYCHOTHERAPY -- CHAPTER 5  When the Clothes Don't Fit -- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS -- PASSING AS WHITE-OR AS BLACK -- GENDER -- NOTE -- CHAPTER 6  



The Family -- MARRIAGE OUTSIDE THE COLOR LINE -- FAMILY STRUCTURE -- GETTING TOGETHER -- Acceptance -- EXPOSURE TO CULTURE -- RACIAL LABELING -- NOTE -- CHAPTER 7  Places to Live and Learn -- COMMUNITIES -- White Community: Out of Place -- Black Community: Being Too White -- The Racially Integrated Community: Acceptance -- SCHOOLS -- White Schools -- Black Schools -- Racially Integrated Schools -- COLLEGE -- EXPOSURE TO CULTURE -- WORKING -- CHAPTER 8  Love and Color -- SOCIAL EMBEDDEDNESS -- ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE DYNAMICS OF CROSS-RACIAL ATTRACTION -- INTERRACIAL PEOPLE IN THE PURSUIT OF LOVE -- White Partners -- Black Partners -- CHAPTER 9  Being Well -- RESILIENCE.

PROVIDING A HEALTHY FAMILY ENVIRONMENT -- MENTAL HEALTH -- SOCIETY -- APPENDIX A  Demographic Characteristics of the Study Participants and Their Parents -- APPENDIX B  Pathdiagram of Multivaried Relationships of Racial Identity, Conflict, and Self-esteem -- APPENDIX C  National Interracial Support/Advocacy Groups -- ARKANSAS -- CALIFORNIA -- COLORADO -- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA -- FLORIDA -- GEORGIA -- ILLINOIS -- KENTUCKY -- MARYLAND -- MASSACHUSETTS -- MICHIGAN -- MISSOURI -- NEW JERSEY -- NEW YORK -- OHIO -- OREGON -- PENNSYLVANIA -- TEXAS -- VERMONT -- WASHINGTON -- References -- Index -- About the Author.