Fading Out Black and White

Lisa Simone Kingstone

doi:10.5771/9781786602565

Fading Out Black and White

Racial Ambiguity in American Culture

1. Auflage 2018

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doi.org/10.5771/9781786602565
ISBN print: 978-1-78660-254-1
ISBN online: 978-1-78660-256-5
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham

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Abstract

What happens to a country that was built on race when the boundaries of black and white have started to fade? Not only is the literal face of America changing where white will no longer be the majority, but the belief in the firmness of these categories and the boundaries that have been drawn is also disintegrating.

In a nuanced reading of culture in a post Obama America, this book asks what will become of the racial categories of black and white in an increasingly multi-ethnic, racially ambiguous, and culturally fluid country. Through readings of sites of cultural friction such as the media frenzy around ‘transracial’ Rachel Dolezal, the new popularity of racially ambiguous dolls, and the confusion over Obama’s race, Fading Out Black and White explores the contemporary construction of race.

This insightful, provocative glimpse at identity formation in the US reviews the new frontier of race and looks back at the archaism of the one-drop rule that is unique to America.

Schlagworte

Sociology Race Popular Culture Ethnicity Black Cultural Studies American

Kapitel Ausklappen | EinklappenSeiten
Preface
1–20 Introduction 1–20
21–36 1 Tracing Race 21–36
37–58 2 The Trial of Rachel Dolezal 37–58
59–80 3 Obama as Racial Rorschach 59–80
81–106 4 Casting Color 81–106
107–136 5 Really Black 107–136
137–164 6 Talking About Race 137–164
165–168 Coda 165–168
169–170 Appendix 1 Demographic Information Form 169–170
171–172 Appendix 2 Flyer for Focus Groups 171–172
173–194 Bibliography 173–194
195–206 Index 195–206
207–208 About the Author 207–208

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