My partner and I are both mixed-race but from completely different ethnic backgrounds, and we're trying to figure out how to raise our kids with connection to both our heritages when we ourselves have such different relationships with our own identities. She's much more connected to her cultural practices than I am, and I worry our kids will end up feeling like one side of their heritage is more 'real' or important than the other.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people with different relationships to their own ethnic identities are trying to create coherent cultural foundation for their children without inadvertently privileging one heritage over another.
“Where Are You with Ethnic identity and heritage?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.