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Synopsis
''Am I black or white or am I American?'' ''Am I Asian or Caucasian or should I say I'm mixed?'' ''Why don't my eyes look like yours?'' Helping your child understand his or her mixed racial background -- whether a result of your interracial marriage or a transracial adoption -- can be daunting, especially when peers & strangers alike perceive their features to be ''other.'' Drawing on psychological research & input from over 60 multiracial families, this book addresses the special questions & concerns you face, explaining how we can best prepare multiracial children to confidently make their way in our color-conscious world. Outlines specific ways you can deflect the objectifying & discomforting attention multiracial children often receive.
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About the Author
Donna Jackson Nakazawa is a regular contributor to AARP's My Generation, as well as to Health, Working Mother, Modern Maturity, and Baby Talk. A distant relative of the Civil War's Stonewall Jackson, she is married to a Japanese American and has two children. She lives in Annapolis, Maryland.
From Publishers Weekly
The author, a freelance writer, is from a western European background, while her husband is Japanese American. Although Nakazawa initially hoped to raise her son and daughter to be "color blind," they couldn't ignore the many comments made by both adults and children concerning Christian and Claire's appearance. When Christian was a toddler he was asked if he spoke Chinese, and the author was assured that little Claire didn't "even look Asian." Nakazawa decided to develop strategies to ensure that her son and daughter would be proud of their heritage and confident about their multiracial identity. Finding no useful book on the subject, she decided to write her own. Based on personal experience and interviews conducted with 60 other multiracial families, Nakazawa has skillfully combined anecdotal research with a strong knowledge of childhood and educational development philosophy to provide this useful guide for raising multiracial children in a color- and race-conscious world. Nakazawa believes that, although most three-year-olds are not racially aware, it is important to deflect insensitive comments from strangers about appearance. As a child grows older, this early dialogue should deepen, so that children will feel safe and comfortable discussing their racial identity with parents and be able to bring up any racially charged experiences that have occurred at school or with friends. Included are suggestions for the special problems that may arise during adolescence.
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- PublisherDiane Publishing Co.
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0756793408
- ISBN 13 9780756793401
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages224
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