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Multiracial Identity

In: Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society
Edited by: Richard T. Schaefer
Subject:Race & Ethnicity
Keywords:multiracial identities; multiracial identity; parenting; parents

Multiracial (also biracial) identity is a concept of personal identity based on the physical mixing of biological [Page 919]racial essences. The assertion of a multiracial identity necessarily implies that the subject has parents or more distant ancestors of at least two ...

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  Schaefer, R. T. (2008). Multiracial identity. In Encyclopedia of race, ethnicity, and society (Vol. 1, pp. 919-920). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963879.n374
  
  Schaefer, Richard T. "Multiracial Identity." In Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society, edited by Schaefer, Richard T., 919-20. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963879.n374.
  
  Schaefer, R. T. 2008. Multiracial Identity. In: Richard T. Schaefer Editor, 2008. Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 919-920 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963879.n374> [Accessed 28 Jul 2021].
  
  Schaefer, Richard T. "Multiracial Identity." Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society. Edited by Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008, pp. 919-20. SAGE Knowledge. 28 Jul 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963879.n374.
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