Open AccessVisualizing a Critical Mixed-Race Theory
Author(s) -
Desiree Valentine
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
stance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-1899
pISSN - 1943-1880
DOI - 10.33043/s.2.1.18-25
Subject(s) - race (biology) , acknowledgement , mixed race , interpretation (philosophy) , sociology , critical race theory , power (physics) , white (mutation) , epistemology , social psychology , psychology , gender studies , computer science , computer security , philosophy , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , gene , programming language
In this paper, questions regarding the cultural understanding of mixed race are explored, which have the ability to complicate the accepted portrayal of race in society as a black/white binary system. Thus, the acknowledgement of something other than this binary system offers new ways of theorizing about race, particularly concerning the sociopolitical implications of mixed-race designation. This paper argues that the visually mixed-race person has a certain direct ability to challenge the binary and its racist logic. Furthermore, this paper goes on to offer a unique interpretation of where power for working against a racially oppressive system lies within critical mixed-race theory.