Physical and symbolic ties to homeland drive minority-race identification in children

Evidence

In a follow up study, Liebler (2010) focused on the 2000 census and Multiracial American Indian or Alaska Native in relation to homelands, since this was the first Census in which respondents could select more than one racial category. Kana’iaupuni and Liebler (2005) study suggests that physical and symbolic ties to Hawai’i are imperative to Hawaiian racial identification for multiracial children. Having ties to this cultural physical place (i.e., microsystem) increased Hawaiian racial identification. Hawaiian culture emphasizes physical and spiritual connection to land, the importance of genealogical family and ancestral ties, and the underpinning effects of colonization. Connection to these cultural notions played a significant role in racial identification for multiracial children. Multiracial children who had less cultural and physical connection to Hawai’i were found more often to assign the racial identity of their non-Hawaiian parents when required to report only one race. — Tatiana I. Zamora and Amado M. Padilla, Making sense of conflicting messages of…, 122

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: Aligns with ‘Grafting & Growth’ theme of rootedness: ties to physical/cultural place as the mechanism that makes root-identity take hold.
• XREF: connects to: White-partnered multiracials identify with their minority parent unless phenotype mismatches — Tatiana I. Zamora and Amado M. Padilla, Making sense of conflicting messages of…, 120; Immigrant children may identify more with local minority cultures than their parents’ heritage — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 589; Minority children develop racial attitudes between parental shaping and individual variation — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1996 (+6 more)

Related

• Cultural and physical ties to Hawai’i drive Hawaiian racial identification in multiracial children. (similarity 0.88)
• Minority children develop racial attitudes between parental shaping and individual variation (similarity 0.80)
• White-partnered multiracials identify with their minority parent unless phenotype mismatches (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Minority children develop racial attitudes between parental shaping and individual variation #expands (0.80) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1996
• Race fixes status by ancestry while ethnicity permits negotiated identity #expands (0.78) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 391
• Immigrant children may identify more with local minority cultures than their parents’ heritage #corroborates (0.75) — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 589
• Race and ethnicity function as forms of collective social identity #expands (0.75) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 116
• Ethnic minority youth actively create identities rather than passively accept ascription #corroborates (0.75)
• Children’s openness to minorities is later overridden by learned societal views #complicates (0.75) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1980
• Racial categorization of the same person varies by time, place, and context #qualifies (0.72)
• Racial identity functions as practice and intention, not just appearance #expands (0.72)