Constructing Self-Identity of Biracial Youth

This bachelor thesis called Constructing Self-Identity of Biracial Youth examines the process of identity development. This thesis mainly focuses on factors of the process and description of the resolutions of biracial identity which are used by biracial individuals. This paper is based on qualitative research using semi-structured interviews inspired by narrative method. The subject of this research is biracial individuals in age of late adolescence and early adulthood whose one parent is Czech meanwhile the other is from any African state. The outcome of this paper is presentation of the process of ethnic identity development in Czech environment and modification of used theories to enable application of them in context of Czech environment. Also categories of self-understanding of biracial individuals are presented. Those categories are based on degree of affiliation to the Czech nationality. Concept of Afro-Europeanisms is also proposed as a resolution of clear reference group