TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceived Benefits and Challenges of a Multiethnic-Racial Identity
T2 - Insight From Adults With Mixed Heritage
AU - Soliz, Jordan
AU - Cronan, Sierra
AU - Bergquist, Gretchen
AU - Nuru, Audra K.
AU - Rittenour, Christine E.
N1 - Funding Information:
The research was supported in part by the Minority Health Disparities Initiative and a grant from the Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Consortium of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2017/10/2
Y1 - 2017/10/2
N2 - The purpose of this inquiry was to explore the lived experiences of multiethnic-racial individuals (i.e., individuals with parents from different ethnic-racial groups). In-depth interviews were conducted with 29 adults from the United States with mixed ethnic-racial backgrounds ranging in age from 18 to 52 (female n = 20, male n = 9). We identified a number of themes related to perceived benefits (e.g., pluralistic world views, stronger sense of self) and challenges (e.g., identity tensions, communal concerns) of having a mixed heritage. Findings are discussed in terms of four considerations for ethnic-racial identity of individuals with mixed ethnic-racial backgrounds: emphasizing constellations of experiences, life-span and developmental considerations of identity, (mixed) ethnic-racial identity as constituted in interactions, and the potential promise of pluralistic world views.
AB - The purpose of this inquiry was to explore the lived experiences of multiethnic-racial individuals (i.e., individuals with parents from different ethnic-racial groups). In-depth interviews were conducted with 29 adults from the United States with mixed ethnic-racial backgrounds ranging in age from 18 to 52 (female n = 20, male n = 9). We identified a number of themes related to perceived benefits (e.g., pluralistic world views, stronger sense of self) and challenges (e.g., identity tensions, communal concerns) of having a mixed heritage. Findings are discussed in terms of four considerations for ethnic-racial identity of individuals with mixed ethnic-racial backgrounds: emphasizing constellations of experiences, life-span and developmental considerations of identity, (mixed) ethnic-racial identity as constituted in interactions, and the potential promise of pluralistic world views.
KW - Biracial
KW - ethnicity
KW - multiethnic
KW - race
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U2 - 10.1080/15283488.2017.1379907
DO - 10.1080/15283488.2017.1379907
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85032665475
SN - 1528-3488
VL - 17
SP - 267
EP - 281
JO - Identity
JF - Identity
IS - 4
ER -