Racial appraisal and constraints of identity among multiracial and multiethnic persons in Sweden and Japan

Bibliographic Data

ID6256342
AuthorsSayaka Osanami Törngren (0000-0003-0137-5528, Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare, Malmö University, Malmo, Sweden, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume22
Issue2
Pages297-317
Publication date2022-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnicities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1468-7968 • E-ISSN: 1741-2706
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1468796821997473
OpenAlexW3135251364
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited49

Increasing immigration and intermarriage in Sweden and Japan have led to a growing multiracial and multiethnic population. Approximately 7% of the Swedish population and 2% of the Japanese population are multiracial and multiethnic today. Based on a total of 39 interviews with mixed persons in Sweden and Japan, I examine the self-claimed and ascribed identification among mixed Japanese and mixed Swedes. I argue that, despite the contextual differences, there are commonalities of experiences and identification. These commonalities of experiences shed light on the conditions the mixed individuals feel that they must fulfill in order to have their different claims to identities validated. The study gives a unique insight into how racial appraisal constrains individual choices of identity in a context where there is no official classification of racial and ethnic groups

Context (archaeology · Ethnic group · Geography · Identification (biology · Identity (music · Immigration · Mixed race · Population · Race (biology · Sociology · Anthropology · Demography · Gender Studies · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Multilingual Education and Policy · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research

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