“I Am Who I Am”: Speaking Out About Multiracial Identity Kathlyn Gay, 1995, HB,

Description: Thank you for looking at our listing. A purchase is supporting Friends of Spanish Peaks Library District! These books are all donated from different sources. Some personal libraries and some other libraries. Book is in like new condition, it is a previous library book with ownership stamps and label.. see photos for detail. If you find several items, message me and I’ll be happy to combine shipping. Imagine filling out a form required by a school, or a hospital, or the Census Bureau and discovering that there is no classification to check off that describes you. Consider how it would feel to have people always asking you, "What are you?" Yet this is a situation that more and more Americans face every day. For many people who are biracial or of mixed heritage, being forced to choose just one classification can be impossible, since checking a single box denies the other part of their heritage. In recent years, a movement that seeks to change this situation has been gathering force. In the past, multiracial people were compelled to choose one racial or ethnic classi-fication, even though they were not comfortable with the single choice. But as the incidence of mixed-race unions and the immigration of multiracial people increases, the numbers of biracial and multiracial people are growing as well. It is estimated that some five million Americans are biracial or multiracial, and many of them are forming groups and are publishing journals for multiracial people. They hope to gain acceptance for biracial and multiracial designations. Some of the resistance to identifying a heritage as biracial is related to the history of racial prejudice. This book looks at the development and function ef-acial categories in the United States and also considers the crucial role of heritage in the development of a person's sense of identi-ty. Above all, many biracial and multiracial people speak out in this book about why the acknowledgment of racial ancestry is so impor-tant, and they raise issues that are becoming more and more relevant to the changing face of America.

Price: 5 USD

Location: Walsenburg, Colorado

End Time: 2024-11-25T00:59:41.000Z

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