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Khanna, Nikki; Johnson, Cathryn – Social Psychology Quarterly, 2010
Drawing on interview data with black-white biracial adults, we examine the considerable agency most have in asserting their racial identities to others. Extending research on "identity work" (Snow and Anderson 1987), we explore the strategies biracial people use to conceal (i.e., pass), cover, and/or accent aspects of their racial ancestries, and…
Descriptors: Racial Identification, Multiracial Persons, Interviews, Identification (Psychology)
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Khanna, Nikki – Social Psychology Quarterly, 2004
Asian Americans are one of the fastest-growing minorities in the United States and show the highest outmarriage rate; yet little research has investigated the racial identity of multiracial Asians. This study explores the racial identity of multiracial Asians in the United States, using survey data on 110 Asian-white adults, and examines the…
Descriptors: Racial Identification, Asian Americans, Ethnicity, Multiracial Persons