Preface: Generation mixed goes to school before and during the year our world changed -- Introduction: "It's hard speaking about race . . . Especially when you're mixed because there are so many sides!" -- From (g)race to race : racial identity development and mixed-race kids -- Changing team(s) : mixed kids' agency in choosing and moving, and sticking with racialized identities -- "He didn't even know my name" : singling out mixed-race kids through the forces of implicit bias -- "Relationship is key" : how teachers are radically listening to mixed-race kids in schools -- "We were taught" : family practices of radical listening, positive friction, and talking race -- Coda: "I just raise my hand all the time" keep listening and talking with and for generation mixed.
Summary:
"The authors examine the stories and experience of mixed-race children and their families, in order to better understand how crossing racial boundaries within their own skin opens a world of difference and (often) difficulty that requires examination and response"-- Provided by publisher.
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