Chapter 7: Growing Mixed/Up by Paige Meyer https://padlet.com/pameyer/c7zkp0goxh8d Multiracial Identity in Children's and Young Adult Literature en-us 2016-06-13 18:56:33 UTC 2024-08-05 18:59:45 UTC hello@padlet.com Mexican Whiteboy: Missing Half pameyer https://padlet.com/pameyer/c7zkp0goxh8d/wish/114529006 "too brown for his hometown and too white for the barrio"

"straddling cultures means negotiating power and privilege as well as language, culture and difference"]]> 2016-06-13 19:05:22 UTC https://padlet.com/pameyer/c7zkp0goxh8d/wish/114529006 The Other Half of My Heart pameyer https://padlet.com/pameyer/c7zkp0goxh8d/wish/114529322 Blending In
"physical appearance as the source of conflict for mixed-reace characters"

"Having to explain or defend racial group membership is part of the reality of mixed-race individuals in life and in literature." ]]> 2016-06-13 19:09:57 UTC https://padlet.com/pameyer/c7zkp0goxh8d/wish/114529322 After Tupac & After D Foster  pameyer https://padlet.com/pameyer/c7zkp0goxh8d/wish/114529431 Strangers in Our Midst 
"Through cultural, linguistic, and historical references, D seems to identify as black, though she does not say so directly...an example of how sometimes mixed-race people identify monoracially, especially when appearance is a stronger marker and the absence of the other racial group make it "easier" or more logical to identify with those who are present than those who are not." ]]> 2016-06-13 19:11:57 UTC https://padlet.com/pameyer/c7zkp0goxh8d/wish/114529431 Mixed Me pameyer https://padlet.com/pameyer/c7zkp0goxh8d/wish/114554630 Elementary Classroom ]]> 2016-06-14 01:45:59 UTC https://padlet.com/pameyer/c7zkp0goxh8d/wish/114554630 2000- U.S. Census standards allowed Americans to identify themselves as multiracial...the shift from singular to multiple racial classification possibilities has provided a level and a presence for mixed-race identity in America and in the world for children's and young adult literature.  pameyer https://padlet.com/pameyer/c7zkp0goxh8d/wish/114555737
What kind of language is used in describing racial identity? (mixed-race, biracial, multiracial, interracial, hapa, mestizo, mulatta) ]]> 2016-06-14 02:00:07 UTC https://padlet.com/pameyer/c7zkp0goxh8d/wish/114555737 Promoting the idea we are now in a "post-race" society...new race-free identity...but post-race does not mean post-racism  pameyer https://padlet.com/pameyer/c7zkp0goxh8d/wish/114556307
Table Talk: Multiracial children are vastly underrepresented in the literature on racial identity. Why? What are children learning about themselves in an era that tries to be ahistorical, believes the race problem has been "solved", and that mixed-race people are proof of it?

]]> 2016-06-14 02:06:52 UTC https://padlet.com/pameyer/c7zkp0goxh8d/wish/114556307 Critical analysis- pameyer https://padlet.com/pameyer/c7zkp0goxh8d/wish/114556606 Single Story
Repetition of themes 
Reinforce/Interrupt Stereotypes 
Power and Privilege ]]> 2016-06-14 02:10:28 UTC https://padlet.com/pameyer/c7zkp0goxh8d/wish/114556606 Characters Like Me pameyer https://padlet.com/pameyer/c7zkp0goxh8d/wish/114627914 Chyna's Doll ]]> 2016-06-14 16:01:23 UTC https://padlet.com/pameyer/c7zkp0goxh8d/wish/114627914 Contemporary YA fiction often supports the stereotype of the socially maladjusted child struggling to fit in. https://padlet.com/pameyer/c7zkp0goxh8d/wish/114637336 Mixed-race characters are transformed, but the conflict and resolution is the fact of being mixed. The process of transformation is private, internal, and solitary. In this way the problem is the mixed-race subject, not the attitudes of society.]]> 2016-06-14 17:35:34 UTC https://padlet.com/pameyer/c7zkp0goxh8d/wish/114637336 Given the inevitability of encountering stereotypes, the reader needs to consider the extent to which the literature resists or reinforces those paradigms. https://padlet.com/pameyer/c7zkp0goxh8d/wish/114638189 Table Talk/Shadowshaper: How do biracial characters respond to racism?
Are readers led to believe that a character's real or perceived lack of group membership is because he/she is mixed, or because of rigidity in his/her environment?
Do characters have to change in order to be accepted or can they enact change in their environment and remain true to themselves?]]> 2016-06-14 17:42:51 UTC https://padlet.com/pameyer/c7zkp0goxh8d/wish/114638189 Classroom Applications:  pameyer https://padlet.com/pameyer/c7zkp0goxh8d/wish/114668800
What texts do you currently use/aspire to use in your classroom that portray students with multiracial backgrounds?


]]> 2016-06-15 00:58:13 UTC https://padlet.com/pameyer/c7zkp0goxh8d/wish/114668800 The U.S. Census Bureau finds that in 2016, about 10 million Americans chose two or more racial categories when asked about their race.  How are they represented in text and in our classrooms/homes?   pameyer https://padlet.com/pameyer/c7zkp0goxh8d/wish/114669143 2016-06-15 01:05:04 UTC https://padlet.com/pameyer/c7zkp0goxh8d/wish/114669143 Bibliography  pameyer https://padlet.com/pameyer/c7zkp0goxh8d/wish/114767813 Diggs, T., Evens, S.(2015). Mixed Me. Feiwel and Friends: New York. 

Naidoo, J.P., & Dahlen, S.P. (2013). Diversity in youth     literature: Opening doors through reading. Chicago: American Library Association. 

Watkins, S.Q., Frongia, D. (2015). Characters like me: Chyna's doll. Baobab Publishing: Reno.  

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