Mixed Heritage in the Family: Racial Identity, Spousal Choice, and Child-Rearing

In this book, Carolyn Liebler and Miri Song critically considers what it means to be a person of mixed racial heritage in the United States today. How do a mixed-heritage person’s identity choices link to their choice of spouse and the racial identification of their children? Do these answers vary across different mixed-heritage groups? Is there meaningful variation by location in the United States? Leveraging both census data and in-depth interviews, the authors illustrate national social patterns and then explore them using the interview responses. Throughout, they weave together results from these very different sources to triangulate, deepen, and broaden understanding of the life decisions and family choices of people of mixed racial heritage.