02828nam 2200601 a 450 991045718510332120200520144314.01-283-25541-397866132554190-7391-4576-2(CKB)2550000000048460(EBL)767278(OCoLC)753480165(SSID)ssj0000534517(PQKBManifestationID)11333923(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000534517(PQKBWorkID)10511529(PQKB)10738999(MiAaPQ)EBC767278(Au-PeEL)EBL767278(CaPaEBR)ebr10496297(CaONFJC)MIL325541(EXLCZ)99255000000004846020110616d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBiracial in America[electronic resource] forming and performing racial identity /Nikki KhannaLanham Lexington Booksc20111 online resource (205 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-8443-1 0-7391-4574-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexElected 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 toRacially mixed peopleRace identityUnited StatesRacially mixed peopleUnited StatesUnited StatesRace relationsElectronic books.Racially mixed peopleRace identityRacially mixed people305.800973Khanna Nikki1974-972378MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457185103321Biracial in America2211099UNINA