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  • Multiracial Identity and Racial Politics in the United States

    In “Multiracial Identity and Racial Politics in the United States,” Natalie Masuoka catalogues how this cultural shift from assigning race to perceiving race as a product of personal identification came about by tracing events over the course of the twentieth century.

  • A Culture of Identity Choice: Assertions of Mixed Race, Transgender, and Other Identities and the Implications for Politics

    A Culture of Identity Choice: Assertions of Mixed Race, Transgender, and Other Identities and the Implications for Politics Stanford University Black Community Services Center The Brandon Room Wednesday, 2016-05-18, 12:00 PDT (Local Time) Natalie Masuoka, Associate Professor of Political Science Tufts University While Americans have always connected with different social identities, today we find the…

  • American Identity in the Age of Obama

    American Identity in the Age of Obama Routledge 2013-11-28 250 pages Hardback ISBN: 978-0-415-72201-8 Edited by: Amílcar Antonio Barreto, Associate Professor of Political Science Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts Richard L. O’Bryant, Assistant Professor of Political Science; Director of the John D. O’Bryant African American Institute Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts The election of Barack Obama as…

  • Political Attitudes and Ideologies of Multiracial Americans: The Implications of Mixed Race in the United States

    Political Attitudes and Ideologies of Multiracial Americans: The Implications of Mixed Race in the United States Political Research Quarterly Volume 61, Number 2 (2008) pp. 253-267 DOI: 10.1177/1065912907313209 Natalie Masuoka, Assistant Professor of Political Science Tufts University A contemporary rise in multiracial self-identification provokes a number of questions about the significance that this racial identity…

  • American Identity in the Age of Obama

    American Identity in the Age of Obama Northeastern University Amilcar Cabral Center in the John D. O’Bryant African American Institute Boston, Massachusetts Friday, 2011-03-25, 08:30-15:30 EDT (Local Time) The election of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States has opened a new chapter in the country’s long and often tortured history of…

  • The “Multiracial” Option: Social Group Identity and Changing Patterns of Racial Categorization

    The “Multiracial” Option: Social Group Identity and Changing Patterns of Racial Categorization American Politics Research Volume 39, Number 1 (January 2011) pages 176-204 DOI: 10.1177/1532673X10378845 Natalie Masuoka, Assistant Professor of Political Science Tufts University This article focuses on a new and growing trend in the United States: multiracial (or mixed race) identification. Multiracial self-identification forces…

  • Rethinking race and politics: Mixed race and the trajectory of minority politics in the United States

    Rethinking race and politics: Mixed race and the trajectory of minority politics in the United States University of California, Irvine 2007 232 pages AAT 3274346 ISBN: 9780549148944 Natalie Masuoka, Assistant Professor of Political Science Tufts University This project addresses how minority communities frame collective identities and organize political agendas amidst growing levels of racial and…