Conflicting familial racial messages create cultural dissonance in Multiracial adolescents.

Evidence

In contrast, other family members encouraged Multiracial individuals to embrace their biracial ness and to be proud of their roots. For Multiracial adolescents who received conflicting messages from family members this created a feeling of cultural dissonance for them at the same time as they were in the process of learning to navigate the different aspects of their Multiracial identity. — Tatiana I. Zamora and Amado M. Padilla, Making sense of conflicting messages of…, 114

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Parents socialize Multiracial children toward one of several identities they never personally experienced — Tatiana I. Zamora and Amado M. Padilla, Making sense of conflicting messages of…, 33; Physical homeland and language shape how parents classify multiracial children — Tatiana I. Zamora and Amado M. Padilla, Making sense of conflicting messages of…, 123; Apparent racial inconsistency can reflect adherence to divergent contextual norms — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1889 (+8 more)

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