Fade
Subtitle: My Journeys in Multiracial America
Publisher: Carroll & Graf
Published: December 13, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780786716685
Subjects: Black studies; Sociology, Social Studies; Sociology; Minority Studies - Ethnic American; Social Science; Ethnic Issues; USA; Ethnic Studies - General; Minority Studies - Race Relations; Social Science / African-American Studies; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Attitudes; Ethnic identity; Psychology; Racially mixed children
First sentence: "CAN I ASK YOU SOMETHING?" THE MAN SAID.
Description: ""What are you?" This seemingly ordinary but politically charged question has become a touchstone for debate around race and ethnicity. Now more than ever, mixed-race Americans are calling themselves biracial and multiracial rather than feeling forced to choose only one race. Nearly seven million people checked more than one racial category in the 2000 U.S. census, the first time in history Americans had the option to mark more than one box." "With Fade, Lewis looks at the multiracial state of the union. Here he speaks with dozens of individuals, tackling hot-button issues such as the often complicated lives of multiracial people in communities of color, interracial dating, transracial adoption, immigration, and the birth of the multiracial movement. His interviews illuminate a variety of coping strategies and reveal stark generational differences in the ways mixed-race people have come to terms with their identity. The author also shares his own moving - and often humorous - firsthand experiences, along with intimate stories from the forefront of nationwide efforts to formally recognize the multiracial population."--Jacket.