The Color of Our Future : Our Multiracial Future - Hardcover

Chideya, Farai

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688165303 ISBN 13: 9780688165307

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 1999

Synopsis

A study of America's changing racial terrain shares the views of men and women across the nation, representing a broad spectrum of ethnic backgrounds, on the complexities of our multi-ethnic society

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Review:

In her penetrating cross-country tour of the United States, gifted media star-on-the-rise and cultural critic Farai Chideya reveals how America's young people are deconstructing the white/black definition of race and constructing a new pluralistic paradigm that encompasses the country's white, black, Hispanic, Asian, and native peoples. Chideya shows us the trials and triumphs of several young adults who dare to brave the new multicultural world, including Earl, a New York City-born, Spanish-speaking, Chinese/Panamanian/African American college sophomore; Nicole, a biracial 15-year-old Californian; Jaime and Bubba, a persecuted interracial couple in the Deep South whose dead daughter was disinterred from an all-white cemetery because of her bloodlines; Beth, a Washington State blueblood and member of a skinhead organization; and B.J., a high school "wigger"--a white person who adopts black hip-hop culture (hence the derivation from the hated N word). Chideya also scrutinizes affirmative action, mixed-race census categories, and bilingual education with wisdom and accuracy beyond her years. "We do not obey the laws of race. We make them," she writes. "Now is the time for us to chose wisely what we will preserve about our racial and cultural history, and what destructive divisions we need to leave behind." --Eugene Holley Jr.

About the Author:

Farai Chideya is an ABC News correspondent covering a range of issues from youth to race to politics and the author of the book Don't Believe the Hype: Fighting Cultural Misinformation About African Americans. She is a contributor to Time and to Vibe magazine, which covers urban issues and culture. Chideya has been a writer at MTV News, a CNN political analyst, and a reporter for Newsweek. She lives in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0688165303
• ISBN 13: 9780688165307
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 273