Raising Biracial Children

Kerry Ann Rockquemore is associate professor of African-American studies and sociology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is co-author of Beyond Black: Biracial Identity in America. Her research focuses on racial socialization in inter-racial families and racial identity development. Tracey A. Laszloffy is a marriage and family therapist in private practice in Connecticut. Prior to this she served on the faculty at Seton Hill University where she directed the masters level Marriage and Family Therapy Program. Dr. Laszloffy has published extensively in the area of race, oppression, and family therapy.

Raising Biracial Children focuses much needed attention on the unique concerns of biracial children in the United States. Most readers will find the book thought provoking, but parents and families of biracial children may benefit the most from its ideas.

• Chapter 1 Preface and AcknowledgmentsChapter 2 Chapter One: Moving Beyond Tragedy: A Multidimensional Model of Mixed-Race IdentityChapter 3 Chapter Two: Acceptance and Denial: Shifting Our Gaze from Labels to PathwaysChapter 4 Chapter Three: Racism in America: What Parents Need to KnowChapter 5 Chapter Four: Starting at Home: Families and Racial SocializationChapter 6 Chapter Five: Beyond the Family: Community Influences on Racial Identity DevelopmentChapter 7 Chapter Six: More than Skin Deep: Appearances and Mixed-Race IdentityChapter 8 Chapter Seven: Just between Sisters: The Intersection of Race and Gender in the Lives of Mixed-Race GirlsChapter 9 Chapter Eight: Multiracialism in America: Reflections and New DirectionsChapter 10 Appendix A: Multiracial OrganizationsChapter 11 Appendix B: Online ResourcesChapter 12 Appendix C: Research and Reading for Interracial FamiliesChapter 13 Appendix D: Movies and DocumentariesChapter 14 ReferencesChapter 15 About the Authors