{"product_id":"9780774827737-mixed-race-amnesia","title":"Mixed Race Amnesia","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eResisting the Romanticization of Multiraciality. \u003cem\u003eMixed Race Amnesia\u003c\/em\u003e explores how contemporary “progressive” attitudes toward multiraciality actually serve to obscure complex diasporic family histories while reinforcing colonialism. Racially mixed people in the global north are often portrayed as the embodiment of an optimistic, post-racial future. In \u003cem\u003eMixed Race Amnesia,\u003c\/em\u003e Minelle Mahtani makes the case that this romanticized view of multiraciality governs both public perceptions and personal accounts of the mixed race experience. Drawing on a series of interviews, she explores how, in order to adopt the view that being mixed race is progressive, a strategic forgetting takes place – one that obliterates complex diasporic histories. She argues that a new anti-colonial approach to multiraciality is needed, one that emphasizes how colonialism shapes the experiences of mixed race people today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40897153499233,"sku":"9780774827737","price":29.61,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/21ac028b4afca109e5a8d19a91d3db53.png?v=1688748254","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780774827737-mixed-race-amnesia","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}