LEADER 03549nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910455014403321 005 20220207173035.0 010 $a1-282-40962-X 010 $a9786612409622 010 $a0-313-06544-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000767317 035 $a(EBL)494938 035 $a(OCoLC)317950956 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000439021 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11925744 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000439021 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10461328 035 $a(PQKB)11220628 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC494938 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL494938 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10347009 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL240962 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000767317 100 $a20080909d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLight, bright, and damned near white$b[electronic resource] $ebiracial and triracial culture in America /$fStephanie Rose Bird 210 $aWestport, CT $cPraeger$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (166 p.) 225 1 $aRace and ethnicity in psychology,$x1543-2203 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a2-7598-9545-9 311 $a0-275-98954-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Series Foreword; Preface; 1 Premixed-Premeasured: Populace of the New World; 2 Too Light to Be Black, Too Dark to Be White: Who Is Passing for What?; 3 Tan Territory: Separating Fact, Fiction, and Fantasy; 4 Some of America's Best-Known Triracial Groups; 5 Bricolage: Constructed Identities of Les Gens de Couleur Libre and Cane River Negroes; 6 From Italian Explorers to Sicilian Contandini and Biracial Royals: The Mixed-Race Experience as Illustrated by the Italian Diaspora; 7 Black, White, and Red All Over American History: Coming Together yet Remaining Apart 327 $a8 The Stolen Generations: When Things Really Go Wrong9 Profiles of Triumph and Courage; 10 The State of the Mixed Union: What's Happening in the Government, on Campus, on the Internet, and in the News; 11 A Tool Box for Change: News to Use; Index 330 $aThe election of America's first biracial president brings the question dramatically to the fore. What does it mean to be biracial or tri-racial in the United States today? Anthropologist Stephanie Bird takes us into a world where people are struggling to be heard, recognized, and celebrated for the racial diversity one would think is the epitome of America's melting pot persona. But being biracial or tri-racial brings unique challenges - challenges including prejudice, racism and, from within racial groups, colorism. Yet America is now experiencing a multiracial baby boom, with at least three 410 0$aRace and ethnicity in psychology. 606 $aEthnicity 606 $aEthnopsychology 606 $aBlack people$xRace identity 606 $aWhite people$xRace identity 606 $aRace awareness 606 $aRace relations 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEthnicity. 615 0$aEthnopsychology. 615 0$aBlack people$xRace identity. 615 0$aWhite people$xRace identity. 615 0$aRace awareness. 615 0$aRace relations. 676 $a305.8 700 $aBird$b Stephanie Rose$f1960-$0909804 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455014403321 996 $aLight, bright, and damned near white$92035927 997 $aUNINA