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Although much has been written about the process of racial-ethnic socialization, most of this research has focused on monoracial families of color and cannot necessarily be generalized to multiracial families, where individual family members vary in racial-ethnic background. In order to extend this area of research to the experiences of multiracial families, the dyadic reports of Black-White interracial parents efforts to engage in different forms of racial-ethnic socialization were examined. Among a sample of 114 interracial couples where each dyad consists of one Black parent and one White parent, the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (Kenny, Kashy, & Cook, 2006) examined actor and partner effects of colorblind racial attitudes and Black racial identity on different forms of racial-ethnic socialization. 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In order to extend this area of research to the experiences of multiracial families, the dyadic reports of Black-White interracial parents efforts to engage in different forms of racial-ethnic socialization were examined. Among a sample of 114 interracial couples where each dyad consists of one Black parent and one White parent, the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (Kenny, Kashy, & Cook, 2006) examined actor and partner effects of colorblind racial attitudes and Black racial identity on different forms of racial-ethnic socialization. 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