Multiracial identity and racial politics in the United States / Natalie Masuoka.
While pundits point to multiracial Americans as new evidence of a harmonious ethnic melting pot, in reality mixed race peoples have long existed in the United States. Rather than characterize multiracial Americans as a 'new' population, this text argues that instead we should view them as...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2017.
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| Online Access: | Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Summary: | While pundits point to multiracial Americans as new evidence of a harmonious ethnic melting pot, in reality mixed race peoples have long existed in the United States. Rather than characterize multiracial Americans as a 'new' population, this text argues that instead we should view them as individuals who reflect a new culture of racial identification. Today, identities such as 'biracial' or 'swirlies' are evoked alongside those more established racial categories of white, black Asian and Latino. What is significant about multiracial identities is that they communicate an alternative viewpoint about race: that a person's preferred self-identification should be used to define a person's race. |
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| Item Description: | Previously issued in print: 2017. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |