ABSTRACT

Who counts as multiracial? The answer to this question – while never straightforward in the past – is becoming ever more complicated and contested. Given the very significant growth of people with racially mixed ancestries, there has been surprisingly little written about who “counts” as multiracial per se. There is no one definitive measure or definition of multiracial status across multi-ethnic societies that share many discourses of race, such as the USA and the UK. This question is important because it concerns whether people are able to able to achieve personal validations of how they wish to be identified, and because definitions of who counts as multiracial can fundamentally influences a variety of race-based and equality policies. This article synthesizes a wide range of literature that addresses how we may conceptualize, measure, and recognize multiracial people.

摘要

谁算是多种族？这个问题的答案虽然过去从来都不是简单明了的，但是却变得越来越复杂和充满争议。考虑到具有不同种族血统的人的数量显着增长，关于谁“算”为多种族本身的记载很少。在拥有许多种族话语的多种族社会中，例如美国和英国，没有一种确定的衡量标准或多种族社会地位的定义。这个问题很重要，因为它关系到人们是否能够对自己的身份进行个人验证，并且因为谁被视为多种族的定义会从根本上影响各种基于种族和平等的政策。本文综合了许多文献，探讨了我们如何概念化，测量，