{"id":8321,"date":"2010-08-17T03:48:12","date_gmt":"2010-08-17T03:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=8321"},"modified":"2010-08-17T03:51:02","modified_gmt":"2010-08-17T03:51:02","slug":"%e2%80%9cwhat-are-you%e2%80%9d-biracial-perceptions-of-persistent-identity-questions-when-bodily-appearances-signify-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=8321","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWhat are you?\u201d Biracial Perceptions of Persistent Identity Questions when Bodily Appearances signify Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allacademic.com\/meta\/p14097_index.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cWhat are you?\u201d Biracial Perceptions of Persistent Identity Questions when Bodily Appearances signify Race<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association<br \/>\nSheraton New York<br \/>\nNew York, New York<br \/>\n2005-05-26 through 2005-05-30<br \/>\n23 pages<\/p>\n<p><strong>Erica Butcher<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Ohio State University<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This qualitative study examines the perceptions of Biracial females persistently questioned about their identity when bodily appearance suggests race. The participants frequently approached by random strangers and questioned about their race, articulate how they interpret identity questions. The \u201cWhat are you?\u201d phenomenon that they routinely experience, is understudied in the fields of interpersonal communication, sociology and psychology. Social Legitimacy is considered in relation to acceptance of racial identities when bodily appearance is not consistent with expectations. The participants experiences suggest that many people still rely on appearance as a signifier of race despite the growing multiracial population in the U.S. This study raises questions for future research that should consider how changing demographics in the U.S. might influence perceptions of bodily appearance in conjuncture with the construct of race.<\/p>\n<p>Read the entire paper <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allacademic.com\/meta\/p14097_index.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhat are you?\u201d Biracial Perceptions of Persistent Identity Questions when Bodily Appearances signify Race Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association Sheraton New York New York, New York 2005-05-26 through 2005-05-30 23 pages Erica Butcher Ohio State University This qualitative study examines the perceptions of Biracial females persistently questioned about their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[125,8,14,394,20,25],"tags":[3530],"class_list":["post-8321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-identitydevelopment","category-media-archive","category-papers","category-socialscience","category-usa","category-women","tag-erica-butcher"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}