Fading Out Black and White

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<span><span>What happens to a country that was built on race when the boundaries of black and white have started to fade? Not only is the literal face of America changing where white will no longer be the majority, but the belief in the firmness of these categories and the boundaries that have been drawn is also disintegrating.<br><br>In a nuanced reading of culture in a post Obama America, this book asks what will become of the racial categories of black and white in an increasingly multi-ethnic, racially ambiguous, and culturally fluid country. Through readings of sites of cultural friction such as the media frenzy around transracial Rachel Dolezal, the new popularity of racially ambiguous dolls, and the confusion over Obamas race,</span><span>Fading Out Black and White</span><span> explores the contemporary construction of race.<br><br>This insightful, provocative glimpse at identity formation in the US reviews the new frontier of race and looks back at the archaism of the one-drop rule that is unique to America.</span></span>

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<span>Lisa Simone Kingstone</span><span>is Senior Teaching Fellow in the Department of International Development at Kings College London. She has a BA from Barnard College, an MA from Columbia University, and a PhD from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in English Literature. Before coming to Kings, she taught English Literature at the University of Connecticiut and worked as a professional journalist. Her work has appeared in a variety of publications.</span>

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