The Borders of Race: Patrolling “Multiracial” Identities. By Melinda Mills. Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2017. Pp. xiii+281. $79.95.

2019 ◽  
Vol 125 (1) ◽  
pp. 299-301
Author(s):  
Rodney Coates
Keyword(s):  
Multiracial Identities

My Choice, Your Categories: The Denial of Multiracial Identities

2009 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah S. M. Townsend ◽  
Hazel R. Markus ◽  
Hilary B. Bergsieker
Keyword(s):  
Multiracial Identities

scholarly journals Being “Other” in Berlin: German Koreans, Multiraciality, and Diaspora

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-74
Author(s):  
Helen Kim
Keyword(s):  
Raw Materials ◽  
Way Of Thinking ◽  
Multiracial Identities

Abstract Germany is considered a relatively recent country where multiraciality has become a recognised phenomenon. Yet, Germany still considers itself a monoracial state, one where whiteness is conflated with “Germanness”. Based on interviews with seven people who are multiracial (mostly Korean–German) in Berlin, this article explores how the participants construct their multiracial identities. My findings show that participants strategically locate their identity as diasporic to circumvent racial “othering”. They utilise diasporic resources or the “raw materials” of diasporic consciousness in order to construct their multiracial identities and challenge racism and the expectations of racial and ethnic authenticity. I explored how multiracial experiences offer a different way of thinking about the actual doing and performing of diaspora.

scholarly journals Being “Other” in Berlin

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-74
Author(s):  
Helen Kim
Keyword(s):  
Raw Materials ◽  
Way Of Thinking ◽  
Multiracial Identities

Germany is considered a relatively recent country where multiraciality has become a recognised phenomenon. Yet, Germany still considers itself a monoracial state, one where whiteness is conflated with “Germanness”. Based on interviews with seven people who are multiracial (mostly Korean–German) in Berlin, this article explores how the participants construct their multiracial identities. My findings show that participants strategically locate their identity as diasporic to circumvent racial “othering”. They utilise diasporic resources or the “raw materials” of diasporic consciousness in order to construct their multiracial identities and challenge racism and the expectations of racial and ethnic authenticity. I explored how multiracial experiences offer a different way of thinking about the actual doing and performing of diaspora.

Multiracial Identity and Racial Politics in the United States

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalie Masuoka
Keyword(s):  
Census Data ◽  
The United States ◽  
Personal Identification ◽  
Multiracial Identity ◽  
Cultural Shift ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
Public Opinion Surveys ◽  
Identity Narratives ◽  
Multiracial Identities

This book highlights a new cultural norm to racially self-identify as “multiracial” and offers evidence on the possible political implications of this racial identity. It first catalogues a cultural shift from assigning race to perceiving race as a product of personal identification by tracing events over the course of the twentieth century. Chapters then present evidence from a variety of sources including in-depth interviews, public opinion surveys and census data to understand how certain individuals embrace the agency of self-identification and choose to assert multiracial identities. An included case study on President Barack Obama shows how multiracial identity narratives can be strategically used to reduce anti-black bias among voters. The book concludes by discussing how narratives promoting multiracial identities are in direct dialogue with, rather than in replacement of, the longstanding racial order.

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