Raising Mixed Race Multiracial Asian Children in a Post-Racial World [Hardcover]

Research continues to uncover early childhood as a crucial time when we set the stage for who we will become. In the last decade, we have also seen a sudden massive shift in Americas racial makeup with the majority of the current under-5 age population being children of color. Asian and multiracial are the fastest growing self-identified groups in the United States. More than 2 million people indicated being mixed race Asian on the 2010 Census. Yet, young multiracial Asian children are vastly underrepresented in the literature on racial identity. Why? And what are these children learning about themselves in an era that tries to be ahistorical, believes the race problem has been solved, and that mixed race people are proof of it? This book is drawn from extensive research and interviews with sixty-eight parents of multiracial children. It is the first to examine the complex task of supporting our youngest around being two or more races and Asian while living amongst post-racial ideologies.Foreword  Introduction  1. Foundation  2.  Framing  3. Wiring  4. Insulation  5. Walls   6. Textures 7. Mirrors & Exteriors 8. Final Inspection  9. Conclusion

In one of the best field interview studies of multiracial issues yet to be done, Sharon Chang has captured well for all readers, whether social science experts or not, the gritty realities of being mixed-race in this country. Joe R. Feagin, Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M University, USA

If we are to capture the imagination and membership of our communitys next generational cohort, we must become fluent in nascent conversations on multiracial identity...'Raising Mixed Race' is undoubtedly set to become the benchmark tome on this subject... Ryan Kenji Kuramitsu, Pacific Citizen