Rethinking Rachel Doleal and Transracial Theory

Using real-life examples, this book asks readers to reflect on how weas an academic communitythink and talk about race and racial identity in twenty-first-century America. One of these examples, Rachel Doleal, provides a springboard for an examination of the state of our discourse around changeable racial identity and the potential for transracialism. An analysis of how we are theorizing transracial identity (as opposed to an argument for/against it), this study detects some omissions and problems that are becoming evident as we establish transracial theory and suggests ways to further develop our thinking and avoid missteps. Intended for academics and thinkers familiar with conversations about identity and/or race, Rethinking Rachel Doleal and Transracial Theory helps shape the theorization of transracialism in its formative stages.