Identity as Resilience in Minoritized Communities: Strengths-Based Approaches to Research and Practice (Emerging Issues in Family and Individual Resilience)

This book examines strengths-based approaches to understanding and celebrating diverse populations. It centers on understanding the ways in which minoritized group identities and membership in such communities can serve as sources of strength. The volume explores the varied dimensions of minoritized identities and challenges traditional concepts of what it means to be resilient. It presents research-based and innovative strategies to understand more thoroughly the role of resilience and strengths in diverse populations and families. The book addresses the need to consider affirmative, liberation, and strengths-based models of resilience. Key areas of coverage include: Families of transgender and gender diverse people. The role of chosen family in LGBTQ communities. Latinx LGBTQ families. The Indian Child Welfare Act. Celebration of Black girl voices. Homeschooling as a resilience factor for Black families. Black identity and resilience related to mental health. Black resilience in families. Identity as Resilience in Minoritized Communities is a must-have resource for researchers, professors, and graduate students as well as clinicians and related professionals in developmental psychology, family studies, clinical child and school psychology, cultural psychology, social work, and public health as well as education policy and politics, behavioral health, psychiatry, and all related disciplines. Preface About the Chautauqua Conference and This Series Resilience About This Volume Acknowledgments Contents About the Series Editor About the Volume Editors Contributors Chapter 1: Queer and Trans Resilience: Moving from Affirmation to Liberation in Our Collective Healing 1.1 Queer and Trans Risk and Resilience: What We Are Fighting and How We Fight Back 1.2 LGBTQ+ BIPOC Communities 1.3 LGBTQ+ Youth and Young Adults 1.4 Queer and 2STNB Affirming Practices 1.5 Affirming Queer and 2STNB Theoretical Frameworks 1.6 Sociopolitical Considerations and Affirming Social Support 1.7 Implications for Understanding Family Resilience 1.8 Moving Towards Liberatory Practices 1.9 Implications for Practice and Policy References Chapter 2: Families of Transgender and Gender Expansive Persons: Support, Acceptance, Resilience, and Advocacy 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Families with Transgender and Gender Expansive Youth 2.3 Extended Family 2.4 Spouses, Parents, and Children of Transgender Adults 2.5 Intersecting Identities 2.6 Counseling and Support 2.7 Conclusion 2.8 Organizations of Interest References Chapter 3: Building a Family: An Exploration of Queer Resilience Through the Formation of Family 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Families of Origin 3.3 Families of Choice 3.4 Minority Stress 3.5 Coming Out 3.5.1 Coming Out to Family of Origin 3.5.2 Coming Out in Rural America 3.6 Method 3.6.1 The Research Team 3.6.2 Participants 3.6.3 Procedures 3.7 Results 3.7.1 Family of Origin Experiences 3.7.2 Family of Choice Experiences 3.7.3 Living as an SGM Youth in a Rural Area 3.7.4 Advocacy and Resilience Experiences 3.8 Discussion 3.9 Conclusion 3.9.1 Media Representations of SGM Youth and Families References Chapter 4: Latinx LGBTQ People and Their Families: The Role of Latinx Cultural Values, Beliefs, and Traditions 4.1 Latinx Cultural Values, Beliefs, and Traditions 4.2 Theoretical Frameworks 4.2.1 Intersectionality Framework 4.2.2 Latinx Critical Theory 4.2.3 Minority Stress Model 4.3 Latinx LGBTQ People and Their Families: An Overview 4.4 Implications for Resilience Practice: Culturally Sensitive Interventions 4.5 Concluding Remarks References Chapter 5: I’m That Girl: Promoting Resilience and Reclaiming Black Girl Voice 5.1 Black Girls in School Settings 5.1.1 Resistance and Resilience 5.1.2 Guiding Framework 5.2 Positionality Statement 5.3 Methods 5.3.1 Participants 5.3.2 Data Collection 5.3.3 Coding Analysis 5.4 Results: Resistance, Reclaiming, and Resilience 5.4.1 Resistance: I Know Who I Am 5.4.2 Reclaiming: Racial Pride 5.4.3 Resilience: Still I Rise 5.5 Discussion 5.5.1 Black Girlhood: Resilience and Reclaiming 5.5.2 Limitations 5.5.3 Implications for Understanding Family Resilience 5.5.4 Implications for Understanding Practice 5.5.5 Conclusion and Future Directions References Chapter 6: American Indian/Alaska Native Identities and the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA) as Viewed Through Cultural Resilience Theory 6.1 Identity, Politics, and the Impact of Cultural Resilience 6.1.1 Ethnic Identity 6.1.1.1 Indigenous Identity Politics 6.1.1.2 Cultural Resilience 6.1.1.3 Life Stressors and Resilience 6.1.2 The Indian Child Welfare Act 6.1.2.1 Disproportionality Continues 6.1.2.2 Indian Child Welfare Act Supreme Court Challenges 6.2 Implications 6.2.1 Implications for Understanding American Indian/Alaska Native Family Resilience 6.2.2 Implications for Practice and Policy 6.3 Conclusion and Future Directions References Chapter 7: African American Home/Schooling: Continuing a Legacy of Family and Educational Resilience 7.1 Homeschooling Scholarship 7.1.1 History of Homeschooling 7.2 Moving from Homeschooling Toward Home/Schooling 7.2.1 An Alternative Definition 7.2.2 Rethinking Who Home/Schools 7.3 African American Home/Schooling 7.3.1 Current Context for African American Home/Schooling 7.3.2 African American Home/Schooling: Continuing a Legacy of Educational Resilience 7.4 Implications 7.4.1 Implications for Understanding Family Resilience 7.4.2 Implications for Practice 7.4.2.1 Educational Resilience and Academic Freedom 7.4.2.2 Prioritization of Family 7.4.2.3 Racial Protectionism 7.5 Conclusion References Chapter 8: Resilience and Black Identity Considerations for Black Mental Health Research 8.1 Black Wellness and Black-Specific Coping 8.2 Black Wellness and Racial Identity 8.3 The Integration of Resilience and Intersectionality: Through the Lens of an Intersectional Socio-ecological Model 8.4 Intersectional Resilience Model 8.5 Conclusion and Future Directions References Index