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Racial/Ethnic Identity Modeling Digital Commons at St. Mary's University Theses & Dissertations University Archives 10-2020 Racial/Ethnic Identity Modeling: An Exploration of the Effects of Bilingualism on Racial/Ethnic Identity Expression and Self-Esteem in Multiple-Race Black/African American Adults Tritia Miyako Finley Follow this and additional works at: https://commons.stmarytx.edu/dissertations Recommended Citation Finley, Tritia Miyako, "Racial/Ethnic Identity Modeling: An Exploration of the Effects of Bilingualism on Racial/Ethnic Identity Expression and Self-Esteem in Multiple-Race Black/African American Adults" (2020). Theses & Dissertations. 47. https://commons.stmarytx.edu/dissertations/47 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the University Archives at Digital Commons at St. Mary's University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses & Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons at St. Mary's University. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. RACIAL/ETHNIC IDENTITY MODELING: AN EXPLORATION OF THE EFFECTS OF BILINGUALISM ON RACIAL/ETHNIC IDENTITY EXPRESSION AND SELF-ESTEEM IN MULTIPLE-RACE BLACK/AFRICAN AMERICAN ADULTS APPROVED: ____________________________________ Melanie Harper, Ph.D., Dissertation Adviser ____________________________________ Carolyn Y. Tubbs, Ph.D. ____________________________________ Rick Sperling, Ph.D. APPROVED: _____________________________________________ Leona Pallansch, Ph.D. Interim Dean, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences ______________________________________________ Date RACIAL/ETHNIC IDENTITY MODELING: AN EXPLORATION OF THE EFFECTS OF BILINGUALISM ON RACIAL/ETHNIC IDENTITY EXPRESSION AND SELF-ESTEEM IN MULTIPLE-RACE BLACK/AFRICAN AMERICAN ADULTS A DISSERTATION Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of St. Mary’s University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in Counselor Education and Supervision by Tritia Miyako Finley, M.A., NCC, LPC San Antonio, Texas October 2020 Acknowledgments Finishing this dissertation required the support of many special people. Among those people, I first want thank my husband, L.D. Green Sr., my son, Kai J. Green, and my daughter, Miya S. Green, for their unwavering love, support, and patience. To my extended family and close friends, thank you for the constant encouragement and escape-opportunities from dissertating and “adulting.” I’d also like to acknowledge every professor and staff member in the St. Mary’s University Department of Counseling and Human Services that was part of my doctoral level course work. It doesn’t matter if my experiences with you were as part of a class, ensuring proper documentation was submitted to the registrar’s office, or helping me with schedule clients at the Family Life Center—each of you played vital roles in getting me to the end of my doctoral studies in one way or another. Please accept my heartfelt thank you for everything you’ve done to support me. Finally, I would like to name each of my committee members for walking me through my dissertation journey. Dr. Harper, thank you for your deep strength and belief in my abilities to finish the Counselor Education and Supervision doctoral program. You always had exactly the right words to redirect my fears and get me to resource my own will. I’m here because you believed in me, and that made me believe in me, too. Thank you. Dr. Tubbs, the literature you shared was integral to my dissertation topic and I am grateful for your willingness to be a part of committee. Dr. Sperling, thank you for guidance and critical insights to my general area of interest and my dissertation. To everyone who supported me, thank you. iii Abstract RACIAL/ETHNIC IDENTITY MODELING: AN EXPLORATION OF THE EFFECT OF BILINGUALISM ON RACIAL/ETHNIC IDENTITY EXPRESSION AND SELF-ESTEEM IN MULTIPLE-RACE BLACK/AFRICAN AMERICAN ADULTS Tritia M. Finley St. Mary’s University, 2020 Dissertation Advisor: Melanie Harper, Ph.D. The psychological well-being and racial/ethnic identity expression of bilingual multiple- race individuals mixed with Black/African American and another minority racial/ethnic category are largely underrepresented topics in current scholarly literature despite their growing population in the United States. In the current study, the sociohistorical and political processes of colonialism and coloniality were discussed to provide context for the critical examination of familial foreign language ability (FLA), self-esteem (SE), and Black/African American racial/ethnic identity (BRI) expression among multiple-race Black/African American adults (N = 204). Using structural equation modeling, results indicated that higher levels of FLA were related to higher levels of SE. Higher salience and dominance levels of BRI were also related to higher levels of SE among study participants. In addition, higher salience and dominance levels of BRI significantly mediated the relationship between FLA and SE. The importance of acknowledging potential FLA among multiple-race Black/African Americans are also discussed iv in the context of professional counseling and counselor education. Limitations of the current study and recommendations for future research were also provided. Keywords: multiple-race, Black/African American, bilingualism, self-esteem v Table of Contents Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................... iii Abstract .................................................................................................................................... iv Table of Contents ...................................................................................................................... vi List of Tables ..............................................................................................................................x List of Figures ........................................................................................................................... xi Chapter 1. Introduction ...............................................................................................................1 Statement of the Problem ........................................................................................................8 Hypotheses ..............................................................................................................................9 Rationale for the Study .......................................................................................................... 10 Challenges Among Multiple-Race Black/African Americans ............................................. 10 Language Among Multiple-Race Black/African Americans ............................................... 11 Colonialism and Coloniality .............................................................................................. 14 Limitations of the Study ........................................................................................................ 16 Definition of Terms ............................................................................................................... 18 Chapter 2. Literature Review ..................................................................................................... 20 Language in the Context of Colonialism ................................................................................ 20 Colonialism and the Social Construction of Race in Early Colonial America ......................... 30 Foundational U.S. Legislation: Naturalization and Anti-miscegenation Laws ........................ 36 vi Naturalization Legislation.................................................................................................. 37 Anti-miscegenation Law .................................................................................................... 40 Coloniality ............................................................................................................................ 46 English Language Imposition ............................................................................................ 49 Language Symbolism and Language Metaphors ................................................................ 54 Jim Crow and the Issue of Hypodescent for Multiple-Race Black/African Americans........ 56 Hypodescent ...................................................................................................................... 59 Appropriation of Black/African American Culture and Self-Esteem .................................. 62 Self-Esteem Among Multiple-Race Black/African Americans ............................................... 67 Multiple-Race Identity Development Models ........................................................................ 72 Language and Multiple-Race Identity .................................................................................... 75 U.S. Census Bureau Data on Multiple-Race Black/African Americans .................................. 79 Chapter 3. Methodology ............................................................................................................ 84 Research Design .................................................................................................................... 84 Hypotheses ............................................................................................................................ 88 Participants and Sampling ....................................................................................................
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