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ERIC Number: EJ1449205
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 35
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"Be Confident", "Creative" and "Careful": Advice from Multiracial Adults
Chandra D. L. Waring
Journal Committed to Social Change on Race and Ethnicity, v9 n1 p29-63 2023
As the U.S. and international multiracial populations have increased, so has research in this area. Despite a multitude of studies about the unique struggles of being multiracial, little empirical data has been published about specific strategies that multiracial individuals use to navigate a monoracial (single-race)-oriented society. In this article, I offer insights and suggestions to cope with discrimination involving family, friends, and others from 28 multiracial Americans with various racial backgrounds, although all participants have white ancestry. In advising their younger self and/or the next generation of multiracial people, participants suggested cultivating confidence, resilience, and assertiveness to withstand the onslaught of marginalization that multiracial people endure. Other respondents recommended creatively engaging with media to actualize affirmation, connection, and consciousness to generate space between themselves and others' perceptions of them. White-presenting participants proposed being careful about sharing their backgrounds, considering they are frequently questioned. This article offers strategies to navigate being multiracial in a racially tumultuous society that was designed by and for monoracial citizens.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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