Abstract
This Independent Study is an autoethnography about the issues facing multi-ethnic identity focusing on Black-Native American identification. "In the United States, race became the main form of human identity, and it has had a tragic effect on low-status ˜racial' minorities and on those people who perceive themselves as of ˜mixed race'" (Smedley, 1999, 690). Through ethnographic interviewing and autoethnography I highlight the factors that affect the way Black-Native Americans self-identify based on internal and external situations. I prove through my research that identity is based on a number of factors: Blood or DNA, Family ethnicity, Phenotype, etc. and these factors affect the way a Multi-ethnic person identifies themselves or society identifies them.
Advisor
Frese, Pamela
Department
Sociology and Anthropology
Recommended Citation
Muhammad, Sara A., "Invisible People An Autoethnography on Multi-Ethnic Identity: Black-Native Americans" (2012). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 1126.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/1126
Disciplines
Race and Ethnicity
Publication Date
2012
Degree Granted
Bachelor of Arts
Document Type
Senior Independent Study Thesis
© Copyright 2012 Sara A. Muhammad