Resource manual for parents of Black biracial children and/or parents of Black adopted children

Abstract

The United States is vastly becoming a multicultural society. Interaction among various ethnic groups is essential for everyday business transactions. There are more than 700,000 interracial married couples in the United States and an estimated almost five million interracial or biracial children. As a result, these children and parents are reaching out to embrace various means to fully understand themselves and where they belong. These children and parents are sometimes being forced to choose a “side” to relate to in order to fit in. these individuals are learning that they do not have to “belong” to just one group, they can be a part of both of their parents culture without consequences. Also there is a large increase in the number of Black children being adopted by non Black parents. It is a continues learning process for both the parents as well as the children that they have or have adopted to get information about who they are, see books that depict children and adults like them, and to have support groups to help with the everyday challenges that they have. These individuals are looking for various organizations, web sites, literature, and others like themselves that they can relate with. This paper will conclude with an actual research manual that parents, children, and educators can use to further their knowledge of a growing culture.