Beyond Black: Biracial Identity in America

by Kerry Ann Rockquemore, David L. Brunsma, David L. Brunsma

Book Overview

The debate over potential addition of a multiracial category to the 2000 census forced the nation to reflect upon important questions concerning the possibility of multiracialism and the reality of racial categories. At the heart of this controversy was the question of what it means to be multiracial in the U.S. How do individuals with one Black and one White parent understand their racial identity? What social and psychological factors influence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761923225
• ISBN13: 9780761923220
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"