Mixed race thought: making and unmaking (mixed) race

Ali, Suki ORCID: 0000-0002-8616-0376 (2025) Mixed race thought: making and unmaking (mixed) race. Critique of Anthropology, 45 (2). 227 - 237. ISSN 0308-275X

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Abstract

Across the globe, racial and ethnic categories continue to play a central role in the regulation and organisation of social and political life. Mixed-race in all its forms requires us to move beyond categorical thinking and question epistemological and methodological singularities. Andrew Sanchez’s development of ‘mixed race thought’ (MRT) suggests a pluralist theory and methodology with radical potential. The papers here take a critical approach to untangling the complex, sometimes contradictory, always shifting temporal geo-political foundations of ‘mixed race’ and the diverse ways they manifest in practice. Using queer of colour, feminist, de- and postcolonial thinking I argue that we cannot disregard the gendered, sexualised dynamics of race-making and its impact on contemporary boundary making and identities. I draw on three interrelated themes: embodiment, experience and dis/identification and their co-constitution to argue that understanding processes of identification provide a lens for dismantling racism.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© 2025 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Sociology
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Date Deposited:	28 Mar 2025 13:54
Last Modified:	01 Jul 2025 16:21
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/127682

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