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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781635703321

Autore

Khanna Nikki <1974->

Titolo

Biracial in America [[electronic resource] ] : forming and performing racial identity / / Nikki Khanna

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Lexington Books, c2011

ISBN

1-283-25541-3

9786613255419

0-7391-4576-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 p.)

Disciplina

305.800973

Soggetti

Racially mixed people - Race identity - United States

Racially mixed people - United States

United States Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; A Note on Terminology; Chapter 01. Questions of Identity; Chapter 02. Black and White in America; Chapter 03. "From the Outside Looking In"; Chapter 04. "Blacks Accept Me More Easily Than Whites"; Chapter 05. "I'm Not Like Them at All"; Chapter 06. "I Was Like Superman and Clark Kent"; Chapter 07. Concluding Thoughts; Appendix A: Interview Schedule; Appendix B: Profile of the Research Sample; Appendix C: Further Reading; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Elected in 2008, Barack Obama made history as the first African American president of the United States. Though recognized as the son of a white Kansas-born mother and a black Kenyan father, the media and public have nonetheless pigeonholed him as black, and he too self-identifies as such. Obama's experience as an American with black and white ancestry, though compelling because of his celebrity, is not unique and raises several questions about the growing number of black-white biracial Americans today: How are they perceived by others with regard to race? How do they tend to