Multiracialism and Its Discontents (eBook)

A Comparative Analysis of Asian-White and Black-White Multiracials

hephzibah v. strmic-pawl (Autor)

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2016
178 Seiten
Bloomsbury Publishing (USA) (Verlag)
979-8-216-22781-6 (ISBN)

Infos

This book addresses the contemporary complexities of race, racial identity, and the persistence of racism. Multiracialism is often heralded as a breakthrough in racial reconciliation; some even go so far as to posit that the U.S. will become so racially mixed that racism will diminish. However, this comparative analysis of multiracials who identify as part-Asian and part-White and those who identify as part-Black and part-White indicates vastly different experiences of what it means to be multiracial. The book also attends to a nuanced understanding of how racism and inequality operate when an intersectional approach of race, class, gender, and sexual orientation is taken into account. Ittakes a focused look at how multiracialism is shaped by racism, but ultimately reveals a broader statement about race in the U.S. today: that there is no post-racial state and any identity or movement that attempts to address racial inequality must contend with that reality.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.7.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-13: 979-8-216-22781-6 / 9798216227816