The Biracial Family Network (BFN), also known as the Chicago Biracial Family Network is a nonprofit organization and social group based in Chicago that was formed in 1980.[1][2] BFN was founded by Irene Carr and five other mothers who were the parents of biracial and transracially adopted children.[3] BFN has traditionally focused on supporting those in interracial/intercultural relationships via education and social activities. However, over the years, its scope has grown to also include those who are of mixed heritage – biracial, multiracial, transracially adopted.[4]
BFN also participated in the 1988 founding of the Association of MultiEthnic Americans as one of the fourteen charter organizations.[5]
References
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- ^ Wong, Grace; McCoppin, Robert (18 May 2017). "Interracial marriage more common, but acceptance still not universal". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ Root, Maria P. P. (1996). The Multiracial Experience: Racial Borders as the New Frontier. SAGE. p. 332. ISBN 978-0-8039-7059-5. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ Anderson, Jon (18 March 1988). "IDENTITY CRISIS CAN BE A LIFELONG PROBLEM FOR BIRACIAL FAMILIES". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ States, United; Personnel, United States Congress House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Census, Statistics, and Postal (1994). Review of Federal Measurements of Race and Ethnicity: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Census, Statistics, and Postal Personnel of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, April 14; June 30; July 29; November 3, 1993. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-16-043700-7. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
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