Gennifer Furst and Kathleen Odell Korgen
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781447316459
- eISBN:
- 9781447316480
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447316459.003.0011
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Gender Studies
This chapter looks at racial identity among multiracial Americans in prison. In doing so, it examines the following questions: Is it possible to identify as multiracial in prison? How does the prison ...
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This chapter looks at racial identity among multiracial Americans in prison. In doing so, it examines the following questions: Is it possible to identify as multiracial in prison? How does the prison experience (including prison gangs) impact the racial identification of prisoners from a multiracial background? Has the color-blind ideology so dominant in the larger society permeated prison walls? It concludes with policy suggestions for prisons.Less
This chapter looks at racial identity among multiracial Americans in prison. In doing so, it examines the following questions: Is it possible to identify as multiracial in prison? How does the prison experience (including prison gangs) impact the racial identification of prisoners from a multiracial background? Has the color-blind ideology so dominant in the larger society permeated prison walls? It concludes with policy suggestions for prisons.
Kathleen Odell Korgen (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781447316459
- eISBN:
- 9781447316480
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447316459.001.0001
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Gender Studies
Race Policy and Multiracial Americans is the first book to look at the impact of multiracial people on race policies, where race policies lag behind the growing numbers of multiracial people in our ...
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Race Policy and Multiracial Americans is the first book to look at the impact of multiracial people on race policies, where race policies lag behind the growing numbers of multiracial people in our society, and how race policies can be used to promote racial justice for multiracial Americans. Using a critical mixed race perspective that challenges the prevailing color-blind ideology, this text covers such questions as: What policies aimed at combating racial discrimination should cover multiracial Americans? Should all (or some) multiracial Americans benefit from affirmative action programs? How are educators responding to the growing multiracial population? How can we better understand the health needs of multiracial Americans? In an institution organized by race, such as a prison, is it possible to maintain a multiracial identity? Should there be a multiracial category on the US Census? What is the present and potential influence of multiracial Americans on the racial hierarchy in the United States?Less
Race Policy and Multiracial Americans is the first book to look at the impact of multiracial people on race policies, where race policies lag behind the growing numbers of multiracial people in our society, and how race policies can be used to promote racial justice for multiracial Americans. Using a critical mixed race perspective that challenges the prevailing color-blind ideology, this text covers such questions as: What policies aimed at combating racial discrimination should cover multiracial Americans? Should all (or some) multiracial Americans benefit from affirmative action programs? How are educators responding to the growing multiracial population? How can we better understand the health needs of multiracial Americans? In an institution organized by race, such as a prison, is it possible to maintain a multiracial identity? Should there be a multiracial category on the US Census? What is the present and potential influence of multiracial Americans on the racial hierarchy in the United States?
