Black, with a White Parent, a Positive and Achievable Identity

摘要: Beverley Prevatt Goldstein is a lecturer in the Centre for Applied Social Studies at University of Durham. She currently directs Dip.S.W./MA programme and also active manage ment Kernet, Black Practice Learning Centre. Her major social work experience childcare, particularly adoption fostering. teaching, research interests publications centre on identity, anti-oppressive practice, education, professional development black students, voluntary sector, as well above. SUMMARY This paper focuses children with white parent Britain. It based historical, theoretical material deriving largely from anti-racist psychological frame works synthesizes critically reappraises existing parent, living their original families, The objective to 'normalize' by identifying rejecting forces that pathologize them. therefore highlights racism, marginalization alienation which are likely impact world so action may be taken combat these. A lack clarity personal political complexity identity has hampered perspectives intervention. consequently explores, postmodernist perspective, 'racial' self-concepts available this group, underly ing agendas consequences. concludes availability self-concept 'black, parent', offered framework change, multiplicity individual ity, beneficial. However any consideration or deemed productive only when combined efforts reduce alienation. one have been part population Britain since least sixteenth century (Fryer, 1984). They become significant population, forming up 50 per cent some areas, such Liverpool (Small, 1991). are, 1980s 1990s, an increasing proportion young nationwide; Coleman (1994) suggests that, late 1980s, 1 5 0-4 age group ethnic minority popula tion was mixed origin increasing.