[Review of] Maria P. P. Root, The Multiracial Experience: Racial Borders as the New Frontier

Authors

Yolanda Flores Niemann

Orginal Publication Date

1996

Journal Title

Ethnic Studies Review

Volume

19

Issue

esr/vol19/iss1

First Page

123

Last Page

124

Comments

Ethnicity, Family, and Community

Abstract

Maria Root's collection of readings cognitively and emotionally engage the reader in the psychosocial experience of being multiracial. These readings also foster a critical awareness of the implications of rising numbers of multiracial persons for issues of inter-group race relations and national identity. This awareness forces readers to re-examine the meanings and construction of race beyond the traditional five monoracial categories traditionally used to gather census data.

Rights

​Copyright ©ESR, The National Association for Ethnic Studies, 1996