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How to Build Identity for Biracial Children in a Binary World

I am raising my biracial daughter alone and white people say she is not black enough while black people say she is not black enough, and I do not know how to give her a solid identity.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Multiracial children navigate rejection from all sides of their heritage, leaving parents struggling to create belonging in a world that demands choosing sides.

Ideas that help explain it
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