of reasons. Firstly, this reflects the language that I grew up with and which I feel defines a part of myself as an individual. I want my research to reflect a part of me and my values, so I feel this is one way of achieving this. My choice of language is also influenced by the social constructionist standpoint from which I am undertaking this research. The social constructionist perspective argues that is created by the experiences ‘reality’ and the world we live in, and that what we know is one version of reality as opposed to the version. With this in mind, I feel the term fits most ‘mixed race’ closely with how I see our current understanding of race. For example, I would argue that idea of race exists today just as strongly as in the past, society’s due to our understanding of race along phenotypic lines such as skin colour and hair texture. Thus, whilst theoretically, does not exist, I would argue that ‘race’ individuals are still often placed in based on the way we look ‘racial categories’ and our ethnic history. For this reason, I feel the term most ‘mixed race’ accurately represents our understanding of individuals with parents of differing Language such as for myself, fails to ‘racial’ phenotypes. ‘dual heritage’, capture emphasis on phenotypical features and therefore does not society’s encompass my understanding of mixture in parenting. Design and Methodology. The research aims to explore the phenomena of with a ‘mixed race’, focus on the experiences of school from the perspective of those who have lived the experience. In order to explore the topic at a deeper level, the research also aims to explore the intersection between racial and gender
of reasons. Firstly, this reflects the language that I grew up with and which I feel defines a part of myself as an individual. I want my research to reflect a part of me and my values, so I feel this is one way of achieving this. My choice of language is also influenced by the social constructionist standpoint from which I am undertaking this research. The social constructionist perspective argues that ‘reality’ is created by the experiences and the world we live in, and that what we know is one version of reality as opposed to the version. With this in mind, I feel the term ‘mixed race’ fits most closely with how I see our current understanding of race. For example, I would argue that society’s idea of race exists today just as strongly as in the past, due to our understanding of race along phenotypic lines such as skin colour and hair texture. Thus, whilst theoretically, ‘race’ does not exist, I would argue that individuals are still often placed in ‘racial categories’ based on the way we look and our ethnic history. For this reason, I feel the term ‘mixed race’ most accurately represents our understanding of individuals with parents of differing ‘racial’ phenotypes. Language such as ‘dual heritage’, for myself, fails to capture society’s emphasis on phenotypical features and therefore does not encompass my understanding of mixture in parenting. Design and Methodology. The research aims to explore the phenomena of ‘mixed race’, with a focus on the experiences of school from the perspective of those who have lived the experience. In order to explore the topic at a deeper level, the research also aims to explore the intersection between racial and gender
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