Multiracial Mental Health (Part II): Healing in the Mixed Community

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40615-018-0501-2" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">mental health and reduced coping resources</a>, like not having peers who look like you or who understand your experience. Multiracial people are likely to not have grown up around many people with the same mix — and even then, that’s not a determinant of how you look or your racial identity. National studies of biracial <a href="https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/biracial-asian-americans-and-mental-health" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Asian Americans</a> and biracial <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1525269/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Latine</a> folks show that multiracial people are twice as likely to struggle with mental health and generally experience greater levels of distress in life. These studies also show that biracial folks may feel more like other multiracial people, rather than identifying with monoracial peers. All in all, multiracial Americans face greater risk factors without necessarily the most helpful coping strategies. The result is that Mixed folks end up with struggles we’re not all equipped to face. <a href="https://medium.com/@mirandanadeau/multiracial-mental-health-the-mixed-experience-2-7028c68efbd7">Website</a>