Being between: can multiracial Americans form a cohesive anti-racist movement beyond identity politics and Tiger Woods chic?
Colorlines Magazine › Vol. 6 Nbr. 2, June 2003
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Being between: can multiracial Americans form a cohesive anti-racist movement beyond identity politics and Tiger Woods chic?
So much of being mixed race these days seems about having to explain, always answering "What are you?" for others and for one's self. And I'm tired of it. This variation of identity politics confronts the annoying question, but then gets hung up on the self in a way that hinders the collaborations necessary for fighting racism in all its mutating forms. In my mind, the problem of how to move from individual experience to collective action defines the current struggle of the multiracial movement.
I grew up in St. Louis, where race was mostly black and white, and where it seemed clear enough in schoolyard politics that I had slanted eyes and was neither. In St. Louis, the police arrived at our burgla...See the full content of this document
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