The Meaning of Multiraciality
A Racially Queer Exploration of Multiracial College Students' Identity Production
Abstract
The Meaning of Multiraciality: A Racially Queer Exploration of Multiracial College Students' Identity Production provides a comprehensive overview of Multiraciality as a term, experience, and identity using data from a study of Multiracial college students and well as the author's own experiences as a Multiracial person. Utilizing a racially queer framework, they discuss what it means to be a Multiracial insider (being a Multiracial researcher studying Multiracial study participants), the counter-stories of Multiracial college students, the theorizing that has emerged as a result, and the educational consequences and impacts on Mulitracial students overall. The author explores the following questions: How do Multiracial students produce their identities? How do Multiracial students exercise their agency? How does the notion of Multiraciality perpetuate and disrupt notions of race? How can we expand theoretical understandings of race so that they take Multiracial people into account, specifically within educational settings? The author illustrates the agentic ways in which Multiracial college students come to understand and experience the complexity of their racialized identity production. Their counter-narratives reveal an otherwise invisible student population, providing an opportunity to broaden critical discourses around education and race.
Schlagworte
Multiracial Students Critical Race Theory Student Development Theory Queer Theory Racial Identity- 1–14 Introduction 1–14
- 15–26 Multiracial Me 15–26
- 107–138 Racial Queerness 107–138
- 139–142 Epilogue 139–142
- 143–154 References 143–154
- 155–156 Index 155–156
- 157–158 About the Author 157–158