Race and Ethnicity Chapter 10

Interracial Unions

marriages between individuals of different racial or ethnic groups

marriage

a legally recognized union of two individuals

cultural labor

refers to the effort involved in learning the history and culture of other racial and ethnic identities, in addition to broadening one’s cultural competence

divorce

the legal disunion of a marriage

out of wedlock births

refers to children born to women who are unmarried at the time of birth

single motherhood

mothers who do not live with a spouse or partner and have most of the responsibilities in raising their child/ren

interaction order

the face to face domain of social life or the mezzanine level between large-scale structure and individual psychology

racial authenticity

the notion of racial identity that seeks to define the essence of racial groups by including or excluding certain behaviors from the repertoire that constitute a groups aesthetic identity