Multiracial identity and racial politics in the United States / Natalie Masuoka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Masuoka, Natalie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multiracial people--Race identity--United States.

Multiracial people.

Race--Political aspects--United States.

Race.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.

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.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 6, 2017).

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

0-19-069068-2