Week 3

 While reading the articles from Akin and Paasch, I realized that African Americans and Multiracial individuals start really young learning about their history and ancestry. Parents find it very important for their children to know where their roots are and not to be forgotten. Although, they have some difference. For example, multiracial children said their parents never used the term "biracial". Atkin (2021), reported that "their parents taught them that they were members of all of their groups, though the term 'Multiracial'" (pg.5). As it was important for them to acknowledge all parts of their heritages. And using biracial may be limited to the families. While for African Americans, Paasch (2014), states "sharing  stories  about  family  history  was  another  aspect of ethnic group identification" (pg.171). The two has racial differences but aren't entirely different when it comes to history on their ethnicity. I believe the main differences of the two is when you're multiracial you come from two or more ethnicities so it's important for families to teach that to their kids and not just have them have the mindset of "I'm just Asian. Not Asian and white". It's also important for African Americans to share their roots to know the history of African Americans as they've been through a lot throughout history.


My experiences on racial-ethnic socialization is quite similar to both articles. My family is also mixed with of ethnicities and I still till this day gather more information about my and my families roots. I especially have a lot of similarities with the Paasch article as my family also establish "Sunday Dinner" and cooking traditional southern food. It's a good way for me and my other siblings to acknowledge our culture. But one thing I wish my family would've done differently was put me in a school where it was diverse. I attended a predominantly white school and with no one who looked like me. It confused the younger me as to why I looked so darker than my classmates. I wish I was around people from different backgrounds and who could share the same experiences as me. Regardless of racial background, it's important for you to be educated on your background, culture, roots, family, traditions, etc. It all starts with the parent/caregiver to share their own knowledge to their children so it's not forgotten. Everyone is different so no one racial-ethnic socialization message should be the same but parents should share what they already know. 

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