Biracial in America : forming and performing racial identity / Nikki Khanna.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Khanna, Nikki, 1974-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multiracial people--Race identity--United States.

Multiracial people.

Multiracial people--United States.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Elected in 2008, Barack Obama made history as the first African American president of the United States. Though recognized as the son of a white Kansas-born mother and a black Kenyan father, the media and public have nonetheless pigeonholed him as black, and he too self-identifies as such. Obama's experience as an American with black and white ancestry, though compelling because of his celebrity, is not unique and raises several questions about the growing number of black-white biracial Americans today: How are they perceived by others with regard to race? How do they tend to

Contents:

Contents; A Note on Terminology; Chapter 01. Questions of Identity; Chapter 02. Black and White in America; Chapter 03. "From the Outside Looking In"; Chapter 04. "Blacks Accept Me More Easily Than Whites"; Chapter 05. "I'm Not Like Them at All"; Chapter 06. "I Was Like Superman and Clark Kent"; Chapter 07. Concluding Thoughts; Appendix A: Interview Schedule; Appendix B: Profile of the Research Sample; Appendix C: Further Reading; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

1-283-25541-3

9786613255419

0-7391-4576-2

OCLC:

753480165