Multiracial identity is fluid across a lifetime unlike stable monoracial identity

Evidence

One unique aspect from this literature review is that research highlights the fact that ethnic-racial identity is a continuous lifelong process and does not share the stability that monoracial individuals enjoy with their racial identity. One highlight from the literature is how some Multiracial individuals shifted identity, based on changes in their physical appearance (Khanna, 2004) or and the degree to which they tried to fit in with their peers (Kohli et al., 2020). Furthermore, racial identity may change once the individual has the opportunity to explore different aspects of their identity within their different communities (Salas Pujols, 2022). — Tatiana I. Zamora and Amado M. Padilla, Making sense of conflicting messages of…, 133

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Racial identity is dynamically co-created, not a fixed biological given — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 94; Even single-group settings keep mixed-race identity chronically salient — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or…, 57; Multiracial identity development proceeds non-uniformly across shared experiences — Tatiana I. Zamora and Amado M. Padilla, Making sense of conflicting messages of…, 34 (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• Constructivist views of race enable mixed-race identity mobility #corroborates (0.88) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 104
• Mixed-identity individuals shift between racial identities to meet context-specific needs. #exemplifies (0.88) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 64
• Essentialist beliefs about race incline mixed individuals toward a single distinct mixed identity #complicates (0.82) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 79
• Mixed individuals categorically shift toward whichever mono-racial prototype is absent #exemplifies (0.82) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 51
• Identity denial may make mixed-race people shift identification to a different ingroup #expands (0.80) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 119
• Mixed-identity individuals shift identification toward whichever group is the local numerical minority #exemplifies (0.80) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 88
• Identity invalidation by mono-racial others shapes mixed individuals’ self-definition #expands (0.78) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 115
• Race as static identity undermines the case that whiteness is socially produced #complicates (0.75) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 766
• Race fixes status by ancestry while ethnicity permits negotiated identity #complicates (0.74) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 391