Rainier Spencer
Biographic Data
| ID | 4377428 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rainier Spencer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rainier |
| FAMILY NAME | Spencer |
| SIGNATURE | SPENCER R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
"Only the News They Want to Print"
This essay lauds the publication of the Journal of Critical Mixed Race Studies , then turns immediately to argue that the journal must focus itself on actively becoming the authoritative voice on mixed-race matters, while also speaking out against naive colorblindness and premature declarations of postraciality. This is crucial because the public receives its information on mixed-race identity from the mainstream media, which has a long historica…
New Racial Identities, Old Arguments
Mixed Messages
The experiences and voices of multiracial individuals are challenging current categories of race, profoundly altering the meaning of racial identity and in the process changing the cultural fabric of the nation. Exploring this new reality, the authors of Mixed Messages examine what we know about multiracial identities—and the implications of those identities for fundamental issues of justice and equality.
Assessing Multiracial Identity Theory and Politics
It is increasingly possible to detect a split in regard to current analyses of multiracial identity in the United States. On the one hand there remains a relatively naÔve brand of multiracial activism and identity politics that has deep roots in the recent movement to institute a US federal multiracial category; while on the other hand we find a steadily maturing body of scholarship on mixed-race identity that is several levels removed in terms o…
Spurious Issues
Assessing Multiracial Identity Theory and Politics
It is increasingly possible to detect a split in regard to current analyses of multiracial identity in the United States. On the one hand there remains a relatively naÔve brand of multiracial activism and identity politics that has deep roots in the recent movement to institute a US federal multiracial category; while on the other hand we find a steadily maturing body of scholarship on mixed-race identity that is several levels removed in terms o…
Spurious Issues
Assessing Multiracial Identity Theory and Politics
It is increasingly possible to detect a split in regard to current analyses of multiracial identity in the United States. On the one hand there remains a relatively naÔve brand of multiracial activism and identity politics that has deep roots in the recent movement to institute a US federal multiracial category; while on the other hand we find a steadily maturing body of scholarship on mixed-race identity that is several levels removed in terms o…
New Racial Identities, Old Arguments
Mixed Messages
The experiences and voices of multiracial individuals are challenging current categories of race, profoundly altering the meaning of racial identity and in the process changing the cultural fabric of the nation. Exploring this new reality, the authors of Mixed Messages examine what we know about multiracial identities—and the implications of those identities for fundamental issues of justice and equality.
"Only the News They Want to Print"
This essay lauds the publication of the Journal of Critical Mixed Race Studies , then turns immediately to argue that the journal must focus itself on actively becoming the authoritative voice on mixed-race matters, while also speaking out against naive colorblindness and premature declarations of postraciality. This is crucial because the public receives its information on mixed-race identity from the mainstream media, which has a long historica…
Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Race, History, and American Society (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Identity (music (2 works)