Effects of Interracial Relationship on Children

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

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