Asian American racial realities in black and white / Bruce Calvin Hoskins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoskins, Bruce Calvin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asian Americans--Social conditions.

Asian Americans.

Multiracial people--United States--Social conditions.

Multiracial people.

Asian Americans--Race identity.

Asian Americans--Ethnic identity.

Multiracial people--Race identity--United States.

Multiracial people--Ethnic identity--United States.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

United States--Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (172 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado ; Covent Garden, England : FirstForumPress, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What does it mean for an Asian American to be part white—or part black? Bruce Hoskins probes the experience of biracial Asian Americans, revealing the ways that our discourse about multiracial identities too often reinforces racial hierarchies. Hoskins explores the everyday lives of people of Asian/white and Asian/black heritage to uncover the role of our society's white-black continuum in shaping racial identity. Mixing intimate personal stories with cutting-edge theoretical analysis, he directly confronts the notion that multiracial identity provides an easy solution for our society's racial stratification.

Contents:

""Book Title""; ""Contents""; ""1-Introduction""; ""Statement of the Problem""; ""Methodology""; ""Approaching Race""; ""Theoretical Framework""; ""Notes""; ""2-Internal Racial Identity""; ""The Fluidity of Identity""; ""Assimilation and Racial Identity""; ""(Re)Creating Racial Categories and the Establishment of Racial Logic""; ""The Influences of Phenotype on Internal Racial Identity""; ""A Symbolic Pan-Ethnic Asian Identity?""; ""Strategic Race: Seeing Internal Racial Identity as Strategic""; ""Establishing Racial Hierarchy: Revisiting the “What are you?� Question""; ""Conclusion""

""Notes""""3-External Racial Identity""; ""On Being Asian, White, Black, or Multiracial""; ""Constructing Race Through Physical Location""; ""Constructing Race Through Language""; ""Cultural Attributes Versus Racial Stereotypes""; ""What About the food?""; ""Conclusion""; ""4-The External Context of Racial Identity Formation""; ""Racial Effects on Attitude and Behavior Receptional Assimilation""; ""“You�re Not Black Enough�: Asian/Black People Who Do Not Act Black""; ""“You�re Not Black Enough,� Part 2: Asian/Black People Who Do Not Look Black""; ""Conclusion""

""5-Learning Racial Hierarchy""""Interracial Marriage and the Assimilation Process""; ""It Starts in the Home""; ""Establishing a Foreign-born Asian Female/Military American Male Context""; ""The Difference Between White and Black Mixed Children""; ""“It�s Just Different�: Interracial Marriages and the Reformation of the Color Line""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""6-Conclusion""; ""Appendix A: How the Sample was Generated""; ""Appendix B: Interview Questionsfor Multiracial Persons""; ""Appendix C: Interview Questionsfor Interracially Married Parent""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

""About the Book""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-935049-70-4

OCLC:

1394871783