Racial/Ethnic Identities and Related Attributed Experiences of Multiracial Japanese European Americans Karen L. Suyemoto Surveys from 50 multiracial Japanese European Americans supported the endorsement of multiple simulianeous racial/ethnic identities and a differ- entiated multiracial identity. Experiences associated with being multiracial included feeling different, sensitivity to cultural cues, appreciation of differ- ent viewpoints, acceptance of difference, and disliking exclusion. Implica- tions for research and therapy are discussed. Los estudios de 50 Americanos Japoneses Europeos multiraciales sostuvieron la aprobacl6n de multiples identidades racial/^tnicos simultdneas y una identidad multiracial diferenciada. Las experiencias relacionadas con ser multiracial, sentirse diferente, la sensibilidad de indicaciones culturales, reconocimiento de puntos de vista diferentes, aceptacion de diferencia, y la aversi6n de exclusi6n. Las implicaciones para la investigaci6n y terapia se discuten. I n the 2000 U.S. census, 6.8 million people (2.4%) actively endorsed two racial categories (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2001). This is likely an underreporting of the multiracial population, given that many racial/ethnic minority group organizations lobbied against endorsing multiple races because of the lack of clarity regarding hov^f the census data would be used regarding allocating resources or creating pohcy related to racial and ethnic groups. In 1990, 5% of the respondents to the U.S. census reported mixed ancestry (Waters, 2000). Sociologists already estimate that up to 90% of Black Americans have White ancestors (Wehrley, 1996), the majority of Latinos/as and Ameri- can Indians are of mixed racial and ethnic heritage (Amaro & Zambrana, 2000; Fernandez, 1992; Mihesuah, 1996), and interracial marriage is becoming the numerical norm for some racial/ethnic minority groups such as American Indians and Japanese American women (Jaimes, 1995; Kitano, Fujino, & Sato 1998). Karen L. Suyemoto, Psychology and Asian American Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston. Some of the data in this article were previously presented in 2000 at the International Congress of Psychology, Stockholm, Sweden. This research was partially supported by faculty development grants (1995-1997) from Saint Mary's College ofMaryland while the author was a faculty member there. The author thanks Julie Ahn and Claudia Fox Tree for their assistance with statistics and editing. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Karen L. Suyemoto, Psychology Department, University ofMassachu- setts, Boston, MA 02125-3393 (e-mail: karen.suyemoto@umb.edu). 206 JOURNAL OF MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT • October 2004 • Vol. 32