In Her Interviews with Parents of Mixed-Race Children, Researcher Sharon

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Multiple Choice

In her interviews with parents of mixed-race children, researcher Sharon Chang found:

• A) decisions made by multiracial parents are not only varied, but often tinged with uncertainty and ambivalence.
• B) many multiracial parents feel that their families are becoming increasingly normalized and are central to challenging existing racial boundaries and the historical meanings of race.
• C) mixed-race parents draw from their ethnic and racial backgrounds in identifying and raising their children.
• D) that the importance of race, and concerns about racism, can vary significantly across the multiracial population.
• E) whites often misperceive or ignore mixed-race ancestry and view and discriminate against mixed-race children based on their nonwhite ancestry.

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