Summarizes a conference which addressed the needs of children of interracial families. Reports that the lack of support, materials, and information for interracial families was a major concern. Recommends that interracial children be allowed to choose the racial identity they find most comfortable, and presents suggestions for starting a support…

This study examined the degree to which grade point average (GPA), psychological adjustment, and different coping styles would predict at-risk, urban, African American high school students' attitudes about race. A group of 100 high school seniors completed the Adolescent Coping Orientation for Problem Experiences, the Affects Balance Scale, and…

This paper reviews a selection of the recent literature on issues pertaining to multicultural clients in counseling, focusing on the current demographics of such populations, the prevalence of mental illness and utilization of mental health services, and particular cultural concerns in working with such populations, including aspects of…

The racial categorization of children has become increasingly important as a measure to ascertain diverse needs among students as well as the appropriate manner by which teachers and other school personnel might respond to such needs through increased awareness and understanding. Multiracial children, the offspring of multiple racial unions, have…

This paper examines the role of identity within the radical democratic traditions, specifically the categories known as citizens and worker. The progressive coalition aimed at countering classism, racism, ethnic and gender injustices, homophobia and misogyny must seek an axis around which to organize the diversity of humankind. Retaining the…

This book describes the transformation in the racial self-identification of Americans who have both an African American and a white parent. Using data from extensive research and interviews, the book examines how the transformation has its roots in the historical and cultural transitions in U.S. society since the civil rights era. Chapter 1,…

This study explored how black second grade girls racially identified themselves. Ten students worked on laptop computers at home to design a Barbie doll that looked like them and a Barbie doll that they liked best. Parents completed sociodemographic questionnaires and narratives. The questionnaires examined gender, skin shade, income, marital…

Challenging the assumption that the study of race focuses only on "people of color," many scholars are investigating the historical and social construction of "Whiteness." This book critically interrogates whiteness across contexts; contends that "marking" Whiteness--illuminating veiled cultural assumptions of…

This book discusses what it means to be young, American, and white at the dawn of the 21st century. Through ethnographic research and interviews with students in two demographically diverse high schools (one suburban and predominantly white, and one urban, multiracial, and minority white), the book shares students' candor about race and…

Abrahams' theme is the attempt of black men to regain their manhood and self-respect, which alone can help them to achieve true freedom in a world dominated by white men: how this is to be done is the subject of three novels, using three different political situations. (Author/JM)

The relation between type of label and perception of faces was assessed in second- and sixth-grade children. Labels associated with color increased color perception, whereas labels based on expressiveness increased differentiation of expression variations, but not color perception. (ST)

The problems of Southern Africa are significant for Americans because they involve issues of racial, economic, and political injustice so stark and so closely related to our own society's greatest shortcomings that our failure to respond adequately raises doubts about the sincerity of our avowed human commitments at home as well as abroad. (Author)

Describes a voluntary transfer program involving students from a more predominately white suburb and students from racially mixed Seattle schools. The purpose of the program is to provide racial understanding. (JF)

Proposes possible cognitive structures for the development of race awareness and subsequent racial attitude formation and offers a developmental interpretation of this phenomenon in a sample of Black preschool children during a period of preoperational thought. (Author/MP)