CHAPTER 16 Multicultural Counseling Contexts: Multiracial Americans Flashcards
what 3 things shape identity for those that are multiracial
one’s phenotype, racial socialization in the home, and the neighborhood/environment in which one is raised.
what is the fastest growing racial group in america
multiracial
what is miscegenation
intermixing races especially when one is white aka racial contamination
what 3 things happen when one is not able to list their multi raciality
a) deny racial realities, (b) undermine pride in being multiracial, and (c) ignore important personal information (e.g., the medical advantages of knowing one’s racial heritage).
when were the last laws against racial mixing appealed
1967
what is the most common multi race
white and native american
what is the one drop rule or a hypodescent
class‐based social system that maintains the myth of monoracialism by assigning a person of mixed racial heritage to the least desirable racial status.
according to the one drop rule, what other race is the worst for whites to breed with
black
according to the one drop rule, how are black women seen
as masculine so they are less desirable
what part of america do multiracial people identify with their minority identiay
midwest
what income bracket do multiracial start to prefer to be labelled as white
over 100,000$
what are 5 strenghts of being multiracial
better psychological adjustment, see things from different aspects, lower levels of stress due to less expoosure of alientation and SUD, being intriguing to others, greater ability for international travel
what is racial or ethnicity ambigutiuy
not being able to be identified by a singular race or ethnicity
what one question do those that ar emultiracial face that is persistently due to monoracialism and race purity ideas
“what are you?”
what was wrong with early studies on interracial marriagse
they were corrupted by societal values at the time that sought to spur these marriages from coming along so they studies would say that such marriages were unhealthy
do biracial people experience discrimination as much as those of their minority race that are monoracial?
yes. half white and half black kids experience as much discrimination as someone that is entirely black.
what is racial identity invalidation
when people that are multiracial are attempted to be put into a single “box” of a single race or culture rather than allowed to be as they are.
what are the 4 reasons that 61% of those that are multiracial deny they are multiracial
they look like one race
they were raised as one race
they identify with a single race
thye didn’t know the other family member that was a member of the other race
what are the 4 possible choices for a perosn that is multiracial to reach a healthy disposition regarding their raciality
accepts identity assigned by society (very fluid racial identity that changes based on their enviironment)
identify with both groups (adaptable and can be healthy so long as thye see this movement between as a positive and maintain self-integrity as such)
choose a single racial identity (individual make the choice - not society, and it does not shift
identifies with multiracial heritage (equal value attributed to all aspects of themselves)
