There are two central issues that must be addressed when counseling multiracial and multiethnic children in the United States. The first is that, although the United States is fixated on race, only single-race group membership is recognized. The second issue is that multiracial children growing up in the United States experience a variety of cues…

Addressed to practitioners working with adoptive families, this book examines the question: How do professionals help children and families make transracial adoptions and foster care placements work? The book describes specific ways to ensure that children develop positive racial and cultural identities and how professionals can better serve…

We cannot respond to the most needy groups in this country unless we are ready to deal with those who react negatively to them, many of whom are ethnic and working class. (DM)

The racist nature of American society has made it extremely difficult for black people to develop positive individual or group images"; the author cites a discussion with his sons, and concludes that black parents and leaders must share the task of building a positive black image. (Author/SP)

Investigated the need for special Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) norms for Black adults. The difference between responses of Blacks and Whites to rarely endorsed items suggests that, for Blacks, this new scale may be a more accurate measure of correlates associated with endorsement of deviant items. (Author/BEF)

Analyzes the use, in American newspapers, of the phrase "Blacks and women" to describe the hostages released by Iran in November 1979. Argues that the race/sex designations, originated with the Iranians and continued by the news media, were not the most appropriate of the available choices. (JMF)

In describing his personal journey to cultural identity, the author notes the difference between the inclusive kind of reality typical of primal peoples and the tribal exclusivity more recently exhibited by the Indian Movement. The author contends that exclusivity is the result of self-contempt and advocates inclusivity. (SB)

The question of the desegregation of predominantly Black colleges is discussed, referring to the social history of desegregation in the United States and the legal issues and remedies raised in the litigation history. Continuing autonomy of Black colleges is encouraged. (MSE)

To survey Asian American literature is to discover a large group of works in which the characters are caught in psychological confusion, emotional frustration, and cultural alienation. A consideration of several contemporary Asian American novels reveals the search for identity and the recognition of the uniqueness of the Asian American…

Reviews the identity models of Cross and Helms and discusses ways to extend them to consider the multiple components of African American college students' identity development. Addresses various components or "hats" of African American identity, as well as adequate assessment tools. Implications of the expansion of identity models are…

Describes preliminary research findings on the Multi-Construct African American Identity Questionnaire, designed to measure components of racial/ethnic identity for African American youth. Data from 67 youth in one city and 92 in another provide some insight into the reliability and validity of the measure as well as descriptive information for…

Examined the impact of personal belief systems and the college experience on Asian Pacific American undergraduate college students' views of affirmative action in higher education. Survey results indicated that Asian Pacific American students' social interactions and perceptions, as well as their dominant ideology beliefs and racial/ethnic…

Examines the preferences and meanings of labels for White Americans as discursively defined expressions of identity, after preliminary revelations of resistance by Whites to self-labeling was seen. Surveys 371 White undergraduate students, rating seven labels regarding preference and discussing feelings about self-labeling. Reveals that the most…

Racial identity has been theorized to significantly influence cross-racial counseling relationships. In this study, the authors examined the influence of White racial identity on working alliance perceptions in a cross-racial vicarious counseling analogue. A significant interaction effect was found between race of the counselor vignette and White…

Investigated how racial identity formation among African American college students impacted student attitudes about the rapidly changing world. Surveys administered shortly after the September 11 attacks indicated that racial identity attitudes, gender, and student classification helped explain attitudes about the United States in the aftermath of…