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Fading out black and white : racial ambiguity in American culture / Lisa Simone Kingstone.

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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.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Kingstone, Lisa Simone (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield International, [2018]
Subjects:
Black people > Race identity > United States.
White people > Race identity > United States.
Race awareness > United States.
Racism > United States.
Black people > Race identity.
Race awareness.
Racism.
White people > Race identity.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Tracing race: a tour of the racial binary
  • The trial of Rachel Dolezal : the first transracial
  • Obama as racial rorschach : the first blank president
  • Casting color : black barbie and the black doll as racial barometer
  • Really black : black-ish and the black sitcom as racial barometer
  • Talking about race : black, white and mixed focus groups
  • Methodology
  • White groups
  • Overview
  • Fear of being racist
  • Biological essentialism
  • Experimental essentialism
  • Colorblindness
  • Exoticization
  • Stereotyping
  • Response to dolezal
  • Black group
  • Overview
  • Experiential essentialism
  • Mistrust of white people
  • Black bond
  • Everyday racism
  • Talking white
  • Policing black authenticity
  • Response to dolezal
  • Mixed race groups
  • Overview
  • Coda
  • Appendix 1: Demographic information form
  • Appendix 2: Flyer for focus groups
  • Bibliography.

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