Title: Being Raced, Acting Racially: Multiracial Tribal College Students' Representations of Their Racial Identity Choices
Abstract: In recent years, many studies have clearly documented that mixed-race people are currently engaged in the process of self validation (DaCosta. 2007; Dalmage, 2003; McQueen, 2002; Root, 1996 & 2001; Spencer, J, M., 1997; Spencer, R., 2006a; Thorton, 1992). There is not a lot of empirical research that examines how schools influence the racial identity of multiracial students, in particular mixed-race students that identify as Native American. Even more troubling is the lack of literature on experiences of mixedrace students using racial identity choice as a social and political tool through race discourse and actions. The aim of this qualitative case study was to look at the relationship between the racial agency of multiracial students and the larger white supremacist social structure. The research questions addressed in this study are as follows: (1) How do the formal and informal schooling contexts shape the identity choices of multiracial students? (2) How do the identity choices of multiracial students conform to an/or resist the racialized social system of the United States? This study was conducted at a tribal college in New Mexico with selected mixedrace participants who identified as Native American, or acknowledged Native American
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-02-09
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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