Check “Other”: Multiple Races, One Box
- Richard A. Ambert Torres (Iowa State University)
- Bridgette Andrews (Iowa State University)
- Alessandra Cuevas (Iowa State University)
Abstract
America’s racial demographics are changing along with how race is perceived. In this session we will talk about the ever-growing, very much present, “other” mixed race. This informative session will look at the history of hypodescent including the origins and how it is manifested today in the United States. The session seeks to illustrate how this philosophy has shaped the self-identification and identification by society of multiracial people in both the modern and historic perspectives. We will also look at how this ideology is morphing as racial pluralism becomes more common. We will briefly visit the topic of multiracial discrimination and ways to advance multiracial activism in the future.
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