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The United States of the United Races - A Utopian History of Racial Mixing (Paperback)
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The United States of the United Races - A Utopian History of Racial Mixing (Paperback)
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Barack Obama's historic presidency has re-inserted mixed race into
the national conversation. While the troubled and pejorative
history of racial amalgamation throughout U.S. history is a
familiar story, The United States of the United Races reconsiders
an understudied optimist tradition, one which has praised mixture
as a means to create a new people, bring equality to all, and
fulfill an American destiny. In this genealogy, Greg Carter
re-envisions racial mixture as a vehicle for pride and a way for
citizens to examine mixed America as a better America. Tracing the
centuries-long conversation that began with Hector St. John de
Crevecoeur's Letters of an American Farmer in the 1780s through to
the Mulitracial Movement of the 1990s and the debates surrounding
racial categories on the U.S. Census in the twenty-first century,
Greg Carter explores a broad range of documents and moments,
unearthing a new narrative that locates hope in racial mixture.
Carter traces the reception of the concept as it has evolved over
the years, from and decade to decade and century to century,
wherein even minor changes in individual attitudes have paved the
way for major changes in public response. The United States of the
United Races sweeps away an ugly element of U.S. history, replacing
it with a new understanding of race in America.
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