Race Policy and [Multi]Racial AmericansPosted in Articles, Book/Video Reviews, Media Archive, Politics/Public Policy, United States on 2018-03-18 03:27Z by Steven |
Race Policy and [Multi]Racial Americans
David Marx: Book Reviews
2018-01-27
David Marx
Race Policy and [Multi]Racial Americans
Edited by Kathleen Odell Korgen
Policy Press – £18.39
[..] some argue that multiracial identity has the potential to undo race in the United States as long as it attends to social justice and does not present itself as a racially superior category, while other scholars contend that multiracial identity is supportive of White supremacy and is a throwback to earlier, simplistic, and racist conceptualizations of the American mulatto.
I’m almost inclined to embark on this review with just one word: discuss.
The above is the nigh perfect examination question in relation to that of the book’s title, Race Policy and [Multi]Racial Americans, wherein it could be said that each of these twelve, exceedingly well-researched and seemingly provocative essays, act as differing answers.
Admittedly, some may home in more than others, simply due to having been written from a different perspective by an assortment of very fine scholars. But all twelve are undoubtedly designed to make one think, perhaps ponder and no doubt deliberate…
Read the entire review here.