For Biracial Children, a Look at Attitudes (washingtonpost.com)
"You have to be very careful to explain this on a level that they understand," said Francis Wardle, director of the Center for the Study of Biracial Children in Denver. "Kids don't understand race. They don't understand who is codified by race, and how it differs from country to country."
Wardle said Williams's decision to proclaim her heritage "is a wonderful opportunity to look at the history of race in this country."
He said he does not see that happening yet, because news coverage has focused solely on Williams, rather than on the vast population of other mixed-race Americans from her era who were abandoned by white parents.
