BIRACIAL IN AMERICA

How are they perceived by others with regard to race? How do they tend to identify? And why? Taking a social psychological approach, Biracial in America identifies influencing factors and several underlying processes shaping multidimensional racial identities. This study also investigates the ways in which biracial Americans perform race in their day-to-day lives. One s race isn t simply something that others prescribe onto the individual but something that individuals do. The strategies and motivations for performing black, white, and biracial identities are explored.