Critical Narrative of Multiracial Women's Personal Journey: Negotiating the Intersectionallity of Race and Gender Issues in a Monoracial Paradigm

The aim of this study was to examine how three women of color, mothers of Multiracial children, experience gender and racial identity issues in the context of United States; explore their choice of racial indicator for their children and the impact that raising multiracial children would have on their own racial identity. This study was informed by critical race feminist thought, framed by qualitative inquiry and oral history as research methodology. Throughout this study I have attempted to demonstrate that gender and race are significant factors in these three women's lived experiences. The participants' accounts revealed how different aspects of sexism, racism, heritage pride, and racial invisibility have been a part of their lives, and influenced the choices of racial indicators for their multiracial children. There was ample evidence from the stories of these three participants that the racial identity indicator of their multiracial children and the consequences of these choices, provided a more significant set of apprehensions than the concerns these three women had for their own gender and racial identity issues. Data was collected through semi-structured open ended interviews.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Education in Curriculum Studies (Ed.D.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation (open access)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Department of Curriculum, Foundations, and Reading

Year dc:date.available

2009

Author dc:creator

• Nelson, Geralda Silva

Contributors dc:contributor

• Michael T. Moore
• Ming Fang He
• Saundra M. Nettles

• ETD
• Critical race feminism
• Oral history
• Monoracial identities
• Multiracial identities
• Interracial family
• Women of color
• Feminism
• Sexism
• Racism
• Racially mixed women
• Race identity
• Racially mixed children
• Race awareness
• Socialization

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/542

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu:etd-1542