How Fluid Is Racial Identity?Posted in Articles, Census/Demographics, Identity Development/Psychology, Latino Studies, Law, Media Archive, Social Science, United States on 2015-06-17 15:33Z by Steven |
Room for Debate
The New York Times
2015-06-17
Heidi W. Durrow, Novelist
Amanda Kay Erekson, President
MAVIN
Angela Onwuachi-Willig, Charles M. and Marion J. Kierscht Professor of Law
University of Iowa
Nancy Leong, Associate Professor of Law
University of Denver
Mark Hugo Lopez, Director of Hispanic Research
Pew Research Center
Kevin Noble Maillard, Professor of Law
Syracuse University
It’s been a busy month for exploring boundaries of identity. Should Emma Stone play an Asian character in the movie “Hawaii?” Is Caitlyn Jenner a “real” woman? Did Rachel Dolezal commit racial fraud? The chatter accompanying these examples underscores a fundamental suspicion of personal ambiguity.
Meanwhile, multiracial couplings and births are at an all time high. People may view themselves as multiracial, monoracial or they change their identity over time. How fluid is racial identity, and where will we be in 50 years?
Read the discussion here.