The Racial Middle - Latinos and Asian Americans Living Beyond the Racial Divide (Paperback)

The divide over race is usually framed as one over Black and White. Sociologist Eileen OaBrien is interested in that middle terrain, what sits in the ever-increasing gray area she dubbed athe racial middle.a

The Racial Middle, tells the story of the aothera racial and ethnic groups in America, mainly Latinos and Asian Americans, two of the largest and fastest-growing minorities in the United States. Using dozens of in-depth interviews with people of various ethnic and generational backgrounds, Eileen OaBrien challenges the notion that, to fit into American culture, the only options available to Latinos and Asian Americans are either to abecome whitea or to become abrown.a

Instead, she offers a wholly unique analysis of Latinos and Asian Americansa own distinctive experiences--those that arenat typically White nor Black. Though living alongside Whites and Blacks certainly frames some of their own identities and interpretations of race, OaBrien keenly observes that these groupsa struggles with discrimination, their perceived isolation from members of other races, and even how they define racial justice, are all significant realities that inform their daily lives and, importantly, influence their opportunities for advancement in society.

A refreshing and lively approach to understanding race and ethnicity in the twenty-first century, The Racial Middle gives voice to Latinos and Asian-Americansa place in this countryas increasinglycomplex racial mosaic.

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