A society based on single race categories and attitudes will confuse biracial children. A biracial child is torn between loyalties to each racial group. And the strong racism in this country will create tremendous psychological harm on biracial children. Finally, biracial children's unique status will produce children overly concerned with trying to fit in and trying to meet peer expectations. The adopted biracial child, according to this myth, faces the added burden of adoption, particularly destructive if it is a transracial adoption in a white home.
Biracial children are, as a group, as successful as other children.
They are more resistant to disease and genetic defects, and have the strengths of both genetic lines. Even pure bred animals must have some heritage from other sources to prevent disease and problems from inbreeding. Many new plants and animals have been deliberately produced by crossing two or more genetic families. The American Quarter horse, the Palomino horse, and Brangus cows are all examples. Intellectually biracial children exhibit maximum genetic variability.