A group in flux: Multiracial American Indians and the social construction of race

Carolyn Liebler

doi:10.4324/9780203883730-21

A group in flux: Multiracial American Indians and the social construction of race

Carolyn Liebler

Sociology (Twin Cities)

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How and why did the American Indian population more than double between 1970 and 1990? How did it manage to double again between 1990 and 2000? Are multiracial American Indians part of this story? In this chapter, I argue that remarkable increases in the number of American Indians in the past half-century illustrate the kinds of social and cultural factors that underlie the “social construc- tion” of race. Races are “socially constructed” to the extent that social or cultural trends or experiences affect the race(s) that a person considers him or herself to be (usually with substantial input from others).

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Multiracial Americans and Social Class
Subtitle of host publication	The Influence of Social Class on Racial Identity
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Pages	131-144
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	9781134014323
ISBN (Print)	9780415483971
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203883730-21
State	Published - Jan 1 2010

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© 2010, selection and editorial matter, Kathleen Odell Korgen; individual chapters, the contributors.

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