Mixed-Race in the US and UK

Jennifer Patrice Sims is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Dr. Sims' research on mixed-race people, racial construction, perception, and identity has been published in numerous academic journals, including Sociology of Race and Ethnicity and Identities. She is also the editor of The Sociology of Harry Potter (2012). Chinelo L. Njaka is the Founder/Director of Peckham Rights! and an independent social researcher based in the UK. Dr. Njaka's research examines racialisation processes across different national, institutional, and organisational contexts, with focus on the African Diaspora in Europe and human rights. She is a United Nations Fellow for People of African Descent and serves on the Critical Mixed Race Studies Association Executive Committee.

• Chapter 1. Introduction: The Past, Present, and Future of Mixed-Race People in the United States and United Kingdom Chapter 2. Creating Mixed-Race: The Census in the US and the UK Chapter 3. Black, British Asian, Mixed-Race, or Jedi: Mixed-Race Identity in the US and UK Chapter 4. Mixed-Race Civil Society: Racial Paradigms and Mixed-Race (Re)production in the US and UK Chapter 5. "Sometimes it's the first thing people ask:" Daily Experiences of Mixedness in the US and UK Chapter 6. "Yes, girl, yes. I want to have babies:" Mixed-Race Families Generation after Generation Chapter 7. Queering Critical Mixed Race Studies Chapter 8. Conclusion: Creating and Comparing a Mixed-Race Future Methodological Appendix: Conducting Qualitative Research on Both Sides of the Atlantic