Work

Mixed race politics

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: This article explores the possibilities and pitfalls of a specific mixed race politics in the UK. The paper considers the ways in which critics have discussed the development of ‘the mixed race movement’ in the US and asks why such a movement has not developed in the UK. It suggests that while the politics of recognition has been important to the development of mixedness in both countries, there is a need for a more rigorous account of historical specifi cities and social contingencies in the constructions of racialisation and racism in both sites. However, the paper ar gues for the importance of transnational thinking in order to develop a situated politics of mixedness.

Source: Repository of the University of Primorsk (University of Primorska)

Author: Suki Ali

Institution: London School of Economics and Political Science

Language: English

Topic: Racial and Ethnic Identity Research

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1860613776

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Cites: 52

Cited by: 2

Related to: 10