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xviii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
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ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-241) and index. |
| Contents |
Eurocentrism: the origin of the master racial project -- Either black or white: the United States and the binary racial project -- White by definition: multiracial identity and the binary racial project -- Black by law: multiracial identity and the ternary racial project -- The new multiracial identity: both black and white -- The new multiracial identity: neither black nor white -- Black by popular demand: multiracial identity and the decennial census -- The illusion of inclusion: from white domination to white hegemony -- The new millennium: toward a new master racial project. |
| Summary |
In the United States, anyone with even a trace of African American ancestry has been considered black. Even as the twenty-first century opens, a racial hierarchy still prevents people of color, including individuals of mixed race, from enjoying the same privileges as Euro-Americans. In this book, G. Reginald Daniel argues that we are at a cross-roads, with members of a new multiracial movement pointing the way toward equality. Tracing the centuries-long evolution of Eurocentrism, a concept geared to protecting white racial purity and social privilege, Daniel shows how race has been constructed and regulated in the United States. The so-called one-drop rule (i.e., hypodescent) obligated individuals to identify as black or white, in effect erasing mixed-race individuals from the social landscape. For most of our history, many mixed-race individuals of African American descent have attempted to acquire the socioeconomic benefits of being white by forming separate enclaves or "passing." By the 1990s, however, interracial marriages became increasingly common, and multiracial individuals became increasingly political, demanding institutional changes that would recognize the reality of multiple racial backgrounds and challenging white racial privilege. More Than Black? regards the crumbling of the old racial order as an opportunity for substantially more than an improvement in U.S. race relations; it offers no less than a radical transformation of the nation's racial consciousness and the practice of democracy. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2022. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) |
| Note |
All rights reserved. |
| Subject |
United States -- Race relations.
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Racism -- United States -- History.
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Racially mixed people -- Race identity -- United States.
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African Americans -- Race identity.
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White people -- Race identity -- United States.
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Eurocentrism -- History.
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Anti-racism -- United States -- History.
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Racisme -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
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Antiracisme -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
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Mulâtres -- Identité ethnique -- États-Unis.
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Noirs américains -- Identité ethnique.
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Blancs -- Identité ethnique -- États-Unis.
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Eurocentrisme -- Histoire.
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États-Unis -- Relations raciales.
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Anti-racism. (OCoLC)fst01742067
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African Americans -- Race identity.
(OCoLC)fst00799666
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Eurocentrism. (OCoLC)fst00916597
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Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
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Racially mixed people -- Race identity.
(OCoLC)fst01086601
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Racism. (OCoLC)fst01086616
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White people -- Race identity.
(OCoLC)fst01174825
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Multikulturelle Gesellschaft
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Ethnische Beziehungen
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USA.
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Electronic books.
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American Council of Learned Societies.
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| Added Title |
ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org/ |
| ISBN |
1566399084 (alk. paper) |
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9781566399081 (alk. paper) |
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1566399092 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9781566399098 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9781439904831 (ebook) |
| Standard No. |
2027/heb34619 hdl |
