Beyond Black Biracial Identity in America

by Rockquemore, Kerry Ann; Brunsma, David L.; Feagin, Joe R.

• ISBN13: 9780742560550
• ISBN10: 0742560554
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-12-09
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Beyond Black: Biracial Identity in America is a groundbreaking study of the dynamic meaning of racial identity for multiracial people in post-civil rights America. Kerry Ann Rockquemore and David L. Brunsma document the wide range of racial identities that individuals with one black and one white parent develop, and they provide an incisive sociological explanation of the choices facing those who are multiracial. Stemming from the controversy of the 2000 census and whether an additional "multiracial" category should be added to the survey, this second edition of Beyond Black uses both survey data and interviews of multiracial young adults to explore the contemporary dynamics of racial identity formation. The authors raise social and political questions that are posed by expanding racial categorization on the U.S. census. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Kerry Ann Rockquemore is associate professor of African American studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago David L. Brunsma is associate professor of sociology at the University of Missouri Columbia

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Foreword	p. xix
Who Is Black? Flux and Change in American Racial Identity	p. 1
Biracial Identity Research: Past and Present	p. 17
What Does It Mean to Be Mixed-Race in Post-Civil Rights America?	p. 35
Sociological Factors Influencing Biracial Identity	p. 53
The Color Complex: Appearances and Multiracial Identity	p. 75
Who Is Black Today and Who Will Be Black Tomorrow?	p. 103
Notes	p. 119
Written Consent Form (Phase One: In-depth Interviews)	p. 139
Interview Schedule	p. 141
Bill of Rights for Racially Mixed People	p. 149
Demographic Questionnaire	p. 151
Solicitation Letter (Phase Two: Mail Survey)	p. 153
The Survey of Biracial Experience (revised in 2001)	p. 155
Written Consent Form (Phase Three: In-depth Interviews)	p. 173
References	p. 175
Index	p. 187
About the Authors	p. 193
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