Multiracial Children

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Multiracial Children

• Do you have an effect?

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DID YOU KNOW?

• Interracial marriages were illegal in the U.S.
  until 1967, (Loving vs. Commonwealth of Virginia,
  1967) but 12 states still continued to ban them.
• Alabama had this ban on its books until 1999,
  even though legally it could not be enforced.
• More than 100,000 multiracial children are born
  annually in the U.S., and this number is
  increasing faster than monoracial births.
• Yet, we do not have an accurate count of
  multiracial students because there is no
  agreed-on definition, and the U.S government does
  not count children of mixed heritage.

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Labels

• There are several labels used for multiracial
  individuals
• Multiracial, Biracial, mixed, interracial, and
  legally as other.
• Mulatto (young mule) and half-breed are also use
  which are remnants of slavery.

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Identity

• Multiracial children are often torn between which
  race to identify with.
• Until the 2000 U.S. census, multiracial children
  had to check only one box.
• If a person marks more than one box, the minority
  box checked will be the only one acknowledged.

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Education

• Primary place where children come into contact
  with what society is thinking as a whole.
• Recent projections have estimated that minorities
  in the U.S. will comprise one-third of the
  population, and in some metropolitan areas
  African-Americans and Hispanics will constitute a
  majority of the school-age population.
• Many multicultural curriculums and school
  celebrations actually alienate multiracial
  students.

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WERE YOU RIGHT?
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Bill of Rights for Racially Mixed People

• I have the right ...
• Not to justify my existence in this world.
• Not to keep the races separate within me.
• Not to justify my ethnic legitimacy.
• Not to be responsible for people's discomfort
  with my physical
• ambiguity.
• I have the right ...
• To identify myself differently than strangers
  expect me to identify.
• To identify myself differently than how my
  parents identify me.
• To identify myself differently than my brothers
  and sisters.
• To identify myself differently in different
  situations.
• I have the right ...
• To create a vocabulary to communicate about
  being multiracial.
• To change my identity over my lifetime -- and
  more than once.
• To have loyalties and identify with more than one
  group of people.
• To freely choose whom I befriend and love.

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Some ideas.

• Dont be afraid to ask about a students
  background.
• Recognize your own biases.
• Dont assume anything by a persons skin color,
  physical features or name.
• Be creative in your lesson plans
• Family trees
• Seek books and materials that show multiracial
  families.
• Use multiracial speakers and role models.
• Dig, do your own research
• Celebrate many heritages.

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Successful Multiracial People

• Fredrick Douglass (Author)
• Derek Jeter (Professional Athlete)
• Alicia Keys (Singer)
• Halle Berry (Actress)
• Tiger Woods (Professional Athlete)
• Dean Cain (Actor)
• Mariah Carey (Singer)

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Why I Am So Passionate

• About This Subject!

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THE END!

• ANY QUESTIONS??