Leilani Nishime
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- April 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780252038075
- eISBN:
- 9780252095344
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- DOI:
- 10.5406/illinois/9780252038075.003.0001
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Asian Studies
This chapter first sets out the book's purpose, which is to trace the history and continued significance of multiracial representations, in order to challenge a dominant U.S. cultural narrative that ...
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This chapter first sets out the book's purpose, which is to trace the history and continued significance of multiracial representations, in order to challenge a dominant U.S. cultural narrative that imagines multiracial people as symbols of the declining significance of race. It then turns to a discussion of contemporary multiracial Asian American representations. Multiracial Asian American representations form an especially productive ground to explore the contradictions of racial narratives in the United States. Understanding why Asians, particularly multiracial Asians, have so frequently been held up as examples of the eventual triumph of a colorblind United States can help us see what interlocking racial narratives make this such an alluring story. If we contextualize that story within politics, social hierarchies, and a longer historical trajectory, it becomes clear that leaving Asians out of discussions of color blindness and multiracial meaning in the United States serves only to naturalize and render invisible racial inequalities and power hierarchies.Less
This chapter first sets out the book's purpose, which is to trace the history and continued significance of multiracial representations, in order to challenge a dominant U.S. cultural narrative that imagines multiracial people as symbols of the declining significance of race. It then turns to a discussion of contemporary multiracial Asian American representations. Multiracial Asian American representations form an especially productive ground to explore the contradictions of racial narratives in the United States. Understanding why Asians, particularly multiracial Asians, have so frequently been held up as examples of the eventual triumph of a colorblind United States can help us see what interlocking racial narratives make this such an alluring story. If we contextualize that story within politics, social hierarchies, and a longer historical trajectory, it becomes clear that leaving Asians out of discussions of color blindness and multiracial meaning in the United States serves only to naturalize and render invisible racial inequalities and power hierarchies.
Miri Song
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- May 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781479840540
- eISBN:
- 9781479843367
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9781479840540.003.0002
- Subject:
- Sociology, Race and Ethnicity
Starting with a discussion of the demographics of mixed-race people in Britain, this chapter shows that, rather than being a marginal social group, they are quickly becoming more populous, ...
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Starting with a discussion of the demographics of mixed-race people in Britain, this chapter shows that, rather than being a marginal social group, they are quickly becoming more populous, especially in ethnically diverse metropolitan areas. A review of both North American and British studies of multiracial people demonstrates that there is a significant gap in the research concerning multiracial people as parents and their relationships with their children. This generational perspective, I argue, is needed to achieve a fuller understanding of what it means to be a multiracial individual and parent today.Less
Starting with a discussion of the demographics of mixed-race people in Britain, this chapter shows that, rather than being a marginal social group, they are quickly becoming more populous, especially in ethnically diverse metropolitan areas. A review of both North American and British studies of multiracial people demonstrates that there is a significant gap in the research concerning multiracial people as parents and their relationships with their children. This generational perspective, I argue, is needed to achieve a fuller understanding of what it means to be a multiracial individual and parent today.
Tina Fernandes Botts
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781447316459
- eISBN:
- 9781447316480
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447316459.003.0006
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Gender Studies
This chapter provides an overview of the historical engagement between multiracial people and the law. In doing so, it identifies and examines factors contributing to the failure of current ...
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This chapter provides an overview of the historical engagement between multiracial people and the law. In doing so, it identifies and examines factors contributing to the failure of current antidiscrimination laws to protect multiracial Americans from racial discrimination. It argues in favor of a distinctive group identity for multiracial Americans, with particular emphasis placed on the need for a distinctive group identity within the framework of antidiscrimination law. It also suggests an additional modification to antidiscrimination law (i.e., the utilization of sociohistorical race) in order to better protect multiracial Americans from racial discrimination.Less
This chapter provides an overview of the historical engagement between multiracial people and the law. In doing so, it identifies and examines factors contributing to the failure of current antidiscrimination laws to protect multiracial Americans from racial discrimination. It argues in favor of a distinctive group identity for multiracial Americans, with particular emphasis placed on the need for a distinctive group identity within the framework of antidiscrimination law. It also suggests an additional modification to antidiscrimination law (i.e., the utilization of sociohistorical race) in order to better protect multiracial Americans from racial discrimination.
Marc P. Johnston-Guerrero
- Published in print:
- 2021
- Published Online:
- May 2022
- ISBN:
- 9781479801404
- eISBN:
- 9781479801435
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9781479801404.003.0003
- Subject:
- Psychology, Social Psychology
This chapter engages the topics of racial identity, socially constructed racial categories, and dynamics of power and oppression to explore the question, If race is a choice, who gets to choose? ...
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This chapter engages the topics of racial identity, socially constructed racial categories, and dynamics of power and oppression to explore the question, If race is a choice, who gets to choose? Drawing on the literature from multiple disciplines, the chapter highlights various ways that race is defined, understood, and operationalized, including as racial embodiment, racial culture, racial ancestry, and racial power. These conceptualizations and “rules” related to race are then considered in the context of three contemporary topics: the increased presence and impact of Multiracial people and people who can be considered racially ambiguous, the rise in popularity of commercial DNA testing, and the impact of social media on expressions of racial identity and connections within and between racial communities. Topics such as passing, colorism, racial fraud and authenticity, and internal choice versus external ascription of racial identity are woven into the chapter. The author, Marc Johnston-Guerrero, concludes by offering several recommendations for addressing racial identity and choice in evolving political and social contexts.Less
This chapter engages the topics of racial identity, socially constructed racial categories, and dynamics of power and oppression to explore the question, If race is a choice, who gets to choose? Drawing on the literature from multiple disciplines, the chapter highlights various ways that race is defined, understood, and operationalized, including as racial embodiment, racial culture, racial ancestry, and racial power. These conceptualizations and “rules” related to race are then considered in the context of three contemporary topics: the increased presence and impact of Multiracial people and people who can be considered racially ambiguous, the rise in popularity of commercial DNA testing, and the impact of social media on expressions of racial identity and connections within and between racial communities. Topics such as passing, colorism, racial fraud and authenticity, and internal choice versus external ascription of racial identity are woven into the chapter. The author, Marc Johnston-Guerrero, concludes by offering several recommendations for addressing racial identity and choice in evolving political and social contexts.
Ann Morning
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814770733
- eISBN:
- 9780814770474
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814770733.003.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Race and Ethnicity
This chapter take a comparative look at the classification of multiethnic people worldwide by studying how they were enumerated on nearly 140 censuses over the 1995–2004 period. The panorama of ...
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This chapter take a comparative look at the classification of multiethnic people worldwide by studying how they were enumerated on nearly 140 censuses over the 1995–2004 period. The panorama of censuses conducted around the world suggests that the notion of ethnic mixedness is widespread. Opportunities to identify with multiple origins, however, are not unlimited nor unconstrained. Local and regional concepts of group difference shape the categories that are socially and officially available, and state interests lead some but not others to be included on census questionnaires. In relation to these results, the chapter argues that the study of multiracial people cannot be conducted in a vacuum, in the same manner that racially classified groups cannot be examined in isolation.Less
This chapter take a comparative look at the classification of multiethnic people worldwide by studying how they were enumerated on nearly 140 censuses over the 1995–2004 period. The panorama of censuses conducted around the world suggests that the notion of ethnic mixedness is widespread. Opportunities to identify with multiple origins, however, are not unlimited nor unconstrained. Local and regional concepts of group difference shape the categories that are socially and officially available, and state interests lead some but not others to be included on census questionnaires. In relation to these results, the chapter argues that the study of multiracial people cannot be conducted in a vacuum, in the same manner that racially classified groups cannot be examined in isolation.