This study examined whether racial identity attitudes moderate the relationship between racist stress events, racist stress appraisal, and mental health. One hundred eighteen African American and 144 self-identified Caribbean women completed the Cross Racial Identity Scale, the Schedule of Racist Events, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and the…

Among the Xhosa tribe in South Africa storytelling is a magnificent art. But these stories are more than mere entertainment. Xhosa scholar Harold Scheub says story-telling for the Xhosa people is "not only a primary means of entertainment and artistic expression in the society, it is also the major educational device." Beyond education,…

An increasing number of organizational researchers examine the effects of ethnic identity and other-group orientation. In doing so, many use Phinney's (1992) Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM), which purportedly allows simultaneous assessment of various groups. Although several studies demonstrate adequate validity and reliability for…

This paper explores the concept of the categorisation of social groups by looking at the issue of ascribed categories of identity for children and young people of mixed parentage. Our exploration of the knowledge-base in this area reveals that children and young people have clearly expressed views about their racial identity and that these views…

The author examines the important role schools, teachers, and the high school social studies classroom can play in helping students develop positive racial identities. Using the Classroom-based Multicultural Democratic Education framework, the author argues that high school social studies teachers need to adapt pedagogical strategies and curricula…

As historians and publishers scrambled to revise American history textbooks in the wake of the 1960s, textbooks increasingly strove to include the experiences of African Americans and avoid dangerous racial stereotypes. After the Civil Rights movement and decades before scathing criticism of textbooks for their inability to address racism in…

Discusses the depiction of women characters in the plays of Alice Childress. Analyzes "Wine in the Wilderness" to demonstrate Childress' skill at characterization and calls for further scholarship on this neglected playwright. (KH)

Explored the relationship between attitudes of racial identity and self-esteem with 166 Black college students. Subjects completed two measures, which showed that preencounter and immersion attitudes (as depicted in Cross' racial identity model, 1971) tend to be associated with low self-esteem. (Author/BH)

This publication examines racial, ethnic, and cultural identity development in children in out-of-home care. In the field of foster care, the overrepresentation of children of color and the prevalence of cross-cultural placements compel practitioners and caregivers to attend to issues of ethnic identity formation. Information comes from focus…

American Indians have the unique challenge of living and thriving in two distinct, cultural environments: their Native environment, and the White (i.e. mainstream) environment. They learn to identify with two cultures, and this duality of identification demonstrates their bicultural ethnic identity. As adolescence is typically a time of serious…

Chapters in this book tell the stories of white multicultural educators who have experienced processes of transformation in their racial identities as White Americans from a racist to an antiracist consciousness. The chapters are: (1) "Rearticulating a Racial Identity: Creating Oppositional Spaces To Fight for Equality and Social…

Investigated teachers' perceptions about (1) the number of existing races; (2) their racial classification of their students; and (3) positive or negative attitudes toward students of different races, as judged by their placement of students on two unobtrusive scales. (GC)

Discusses how slavery affected Blacks' self concepts. Offers a theory describing how the Black self concept is developed as a result of personal experience in a racially biased society. (BE)

Discusses how Virginia Hamilton was a preeminent author of texts in which African American children could see their experiences, heritage, and cultures represented. Considers how the novel "Zeely" examines the theme of taking pride in and accepting oneself and one's African American heritage. (SG)

Examines the historical formation of racial identities and racialized thinking, using a socio-historical approach to explore the ways in which racial ideologies are ingrained in the thinking and actions of white and black Americans today. Suggests that despite much progress, U.S. society overall has grown so completely apart by a continuously…