Biracial/ Multicultural Children and Interracial/ Multicultural Families

Experts

Rachel Farr

Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Kentucky

Ruth Nemzoff

Resident Scholar, Brandeis Women's Studies Research Center

Brian Powell

Professor of Sociology, Indiana University

Samantha Tornello

Assistant Professor of Human Development & Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University

David Trimble

Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University Medical School; Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology, Boston Medical Center; American Family Therapy Academy; Boston Center for Culturally Affirming Practices

News

Dating Partners Don’t Always Prefer “Their Own Kind”: Some Multiracial Daters Get Bonus Points in the Dating GameJuly 1, 2015
Dating Partners Don’t Always Prefer “Their Own Kind”: Some Multiracial Daters Get Bonus Points in the Dating Game A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Celeste Curington, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Ken-Hou… Read more: Dating Partners Don’t Always Prefer “Their Own Kind”: Some Multiracial Daters Get Bonus Points in the Dating Game
CCF Civil Rights Symposium: Changes in Interracial MarriageFebruary 5, 2014
By Kimberlyn Fong Mount Holyoke College In the past 50 years there has been a true revolution in American attitudes toward interracial marriage. In the years when the Civil Rights Act was being debated, only… Read more: CCF Civil Rights Symposium: Changes in Interracial Marriage
Interracial Marriage Online SymposiumAugust 30, 2011
In a discussion paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families, based on his forthcoming book, “Is Marriage for White People? How the African American Marriage Decline Affects Everyone,” Stanford Law Professor Ralph Richard Banks challenges conventional responses to the black marriage decline and offers a provocative, demography-based recommendation for how Black women’s intermarriage can counteract the trend. Because Banks’ work is already stirring controversy, CCF has invited leading authorities on marriage, sexuality, and family life to offer commentary on his proposals.
Why Interracial Marriage Is Good for Black Women – and the Best Hope for Restoring Marriage in the Black CommunityAugust 30, 2011
If significant numbers of black women embark on interracial relationships, this will help counteract the power imbalance that diminishes the marriage rate and corrodes relationships in the black community. The more black women expand their relationship options, the less power black men will wield, and the greater ability black women will have to create the kind of relationship they desire. It is difficult to resist this paradoxical conclusion: If more black women married non-black men, then more black men and women would marry each other.
How colorblind is love? Interracial dating facts and puzzlesMarch 29, 2011
How colorblind is love? In interracial and intercultural romances, color counts for less than ever. But when it comes to marital commitments, and even public displays of affection, barriers still remain.
The Steady Rise of Non-Traditional Romantic UnionsMarch 8, 2007
By Michael J. Rosenfeld Professor of Sociology Stanford University mrosenfe@stanford.edu, 415.205.1892 Prior to 1970, the overwhelming majority of all couples were same-race married couples. Couples who lived together outside of marriage, whether heterosexual or same-sex, were… Read more: The Steady Rise of Non-Traditional Romantic Unions