"These essays do a wonderful job of blending theory and
practice.... This collection embraces a number of tensions [that]
raise provocative questions about the nature of identity and the
relationship between identity and social justice.... This
collection should have broad appeal." -- Diane Raymond, Dean and
Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies, Simmons College
The United States Census 2000 presents a twenty-first century
America in which mixed-race marriages, cross-race adoption, and
multiracial families in general are challenging the ethnic
definitions by which the nation has historically categorized its
population. Addressing a wide spectrum of questions raised by this
rich new cultural landscape, Mixing It Up brings together the
observations of ten noted voices who have experienced
multiracialism first-hand.
From Naomi Zack's "American Mixed Race: The United States 2000
Census and Related Issues" to Cathy Irwin and Sean Metzger's
"Keeping Up Appearances: Ethnic Alien-Nation in Female Solo
Performance," this diverse collection spans the realities of
multiculturalism in compelling new analysis. Arguing that society's
discomfort with multiracialism has been institutionalized
throughout history, whether through the "one drop" rule or media
depictions, SanSan Kwan and Kenneth Speirs reflect on the means by
which the monoracial lens is slowly being replaced.
Itself a hybrid of memoir, history, and sociological theory,
Mixing It Up makes it clear why the identity politics of previous
decades have little relevance to the fluid new face of contemporary
humanity.
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