“What Are You?”: Racial Ambiguity and the Social Construction of Race in the Us Page: 44
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position straddling both being members of traditional racial/ethnic minority groups and living in
a place where perhaps it is decreasing in importance that one be white in order to access
privilege. They see the abundance of racist attitudes that still exist in 21st century America.
Ironically, they say in the wake of the election of Barack Obama as the first self-identified black
president of the U.S. they saw their relatives, friends and others with whom they interact, display
racist resentment of Obama. Apparently, race relations have not improved as much as some
pundits would claim.44
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Smith, Starita. “What Are You?”: Racial Ambiguity and the Social Construction of Race in the Us, dissertation, May 2012; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc115163/m1/51/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .