Effects of Interracial Relationship on Children
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Effect of Interracial relationships and the child
Interracial marriages can include the union between Asians,
Hispanics, Blacks, Whites, and any other groups. However, when people talk about
race relations, the focus is on Blacks and Whites. No matter what type of ethnic
groups are involved in these type of relationships, one important result of these
marriages are children. After doing some research and looking over some materials, I
now have a strong understanding of the issues surrounding children of interracial
marriages, and the problems parents encounter with their mixed race children.
Children from interracial marriages are no longer denied the same benefits and
privileges as the children prior to Loving. Celebrities like Tiger Woods may have
changed society's views on interracial children, but are there more serious effects on
these children than what is shown by Tiger Woods? More than 1.5 million children
lived with biracial parents in 1990.
Many books have been out about the effects of interracial
marriages on children. One of the biggest problems facing interracial children is an
identity crisis. However, Tiger Woods and other famous children of interracial
marriages have helped to set the way for interracial children and eased some tensions
they may have been facing. But children need to know who exactly who they are and
how special they are because of that.
Parents say that it is essential that a child have a positive idea of
identity for the child's success in growing up in a world that we live in today. Children
of multiracial backgrounds have to deal with racism in a different way. Many people
with racist views have troubles with interracial children because they are neither one
race or another, so they cannot group these children into one group.Because of the
fact that these children are different, they may experience more racism because they
are even more of a special case in the racist's mind than just an African American
person would be.
I read online that the biggest problem facing biracial children is
an
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