ABSTRACT
In the United States, the number of biracial, black/white, children is growing at an astonishing rate due to the increased social contacts between diverse racial groups and the sociodemographic changes in American society. These changes have led to an increase in interracial social and sexual relationships that have resulted in many births of biracial children. Gibbs and Moskowitz-Sweet (1991) report that in the 1990 United States Census there were 956,000 interracial marriages, and of that number, 218,000 were black/white unions. Further, according to the 2000 United States Census, nearly 7 million people over the age of eighteen identified themselves as having more than one racial identity. They constitute 2.58 percent of the national population. Specifically, of that population 791,801 individuals identified themselves as having a white and black background, which makes up 0.28 percent of the national population (U.S. Census Bureau, 2000).
