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Racial Identity

Racial Identity. By:Britanny Chung, Hong Duong, and Portia LeBlanc. What is Racial Identity?. Biological Dimension:. The social dimension, “refers to a sense of group or collective identity based on one’s perception that he or she shares a common heritage with a particular racial group ”.

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Racial Identity

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  1. Racial Identity By:Britanny Chung, Hong Duong, and Portia LeBlanc

  2. What is Racial Identity? Biological Dimension: The social dimension, “refers to a sense of group or collective identity based on one’s perception that he or she shares a common heritage with a particular racial group” Social Dimension: As a biological category, race is derived from an individual’s “physical features, gene pools and character qualities”. The use of skin color is one of many labeling tools that allow individuals and groups to distance themselves from those they consider different from themselves.

  3. Teaching approaches • Be aware of personal biases • Incorporate assignments and activities that display students’ different backgrounds • Explain the similarities and the differences in cultures with students • Discover ways to encourage students’ primary language while teaching others about it • Build a relationship with parents

  4. “Imagine the surprise on Kylie Hodgson’s face when the midwife during her caesarean section showed her two beautiful baby girls - of different races. Both Kylie and her husband have mixed-race parents, meaning that one girl inherited all-white genes and the other all-black genes, an occurrence with odds of approximately a million to one.” (http://www.digalist.com/list/222)

  5. Activity “Skin Color Match-up” Step 1: Choose a stocking. Try it on your hands, feet, or legs. Is the color lighter or darker than your skin? Step2: Try a different color. Can you find a stocking that is the same color as your skin?

  6. Sources • Biles, B(1994). Activities that promote racial and cultural awareness. Family child care connections, 4(3), 1-4. Retrieved from http://web.aces.uiuc.edu/vista/pdf_pubs/CHLDCARE.PDF • Chávez, A. F., Guido-DiBrito, F., and Mallory, S. “Learning to Value the ‘Other’: A Model of Diversity Development.” Paper presented at the National Association of Personnel Administrators Conference, Atlanta, Mar. 1996. • Franklin, M. (1999, September 01). Preparing children for a multicultural world: diversity leaders share strategies for weaving the value of difference into early childhood. Children's advocate, Retrieved from http://www.4children.org/issues/1999/september_october/preparing children_for_a_multicultural_world/ • Loras, V. (2010, February 16). Multicultural activities in class [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://www.teachingvillage.org/2010/02/16/multicultural-activities-in- class-by-vicky-loras/ (picture of children) • Roberts, G. (Photographer). (n.d.). 105142. [Web Photo]. Retrieved from http://www.digalist.com/item/2582 • Spickard, P. R. “The Illogic of American Racial Categories.” In M.P.P. Root (ed.), Racially Mixed People in America. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage, 1992.

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