Interracial Children

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look down on these people. This kind of behavior can make growing up especially hard for children. In the past children were identified by the parent of color. If one parent were black, then the child's race was black also. But if the child were able to pass as white then he was considered to be white (Wardle 2). This eliminated a lot of problems for biracial, because children they were not expected to give an explanation for their race. Eventually this system no longer worked because the number of single mothers began to increase, making it hard to be sure of the father's race. Now many parents are trying to teach their children it is okay to be biracial.
Children who identify themselves with their minority race are not asked for further explanations by other children and adults. While those who choose both races usually receive a reaction of shock, amazement and sometimes disapproval. This causes children to feel as if they must choose between the two races, resulting ...

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the child lives in could represent their status. How family and friends accept interracial families represents the social aspects and the child's physical features could represent the child's personal feelings (Nash 25). Most children choose the race of the minority parent. So if a child's father was black and mother white, he would most likely identify himself as black. My sister and I are of biracial backgrounds. Our father is Hispanics and our mother is White. When asked our race, we both respond "Hispanic". When asked, why Hispanic over White, we say it is because that is where most of our culture comes from and that we look more Hispanic than White. "The uncertainty ...

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