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Is the growth of mixed race people evidence of blurring racial boundaries and major structural change? The findings of this book sug-gest that the answer to this is yes, but with some major qualifications. As we have discussed throughout this book, there is evidence of race losing its fixity, especially in urban cosmopolitan areas where being mixed appears to be regarded as more ordinary than in the past. However, we must not overlook the ways in which ‘race’ continues to be real as a structuring force, both ideologically and materially (Bonilla-Silva 2003). Furthermore, what it means to be mixed remains highly variable, depending on multiple factors, including the specific ethnic and racial ancestries, socioeconomic background, as well as the locality of mixed individuals. So while significant changes are afoot, there is little doubt that ‘old’ polarities and cleavages also persist.
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Aspinall, P., Song, M. (2013). Conclusion: What Is the Future of ‘Mixed Race’ Britain?. In: Mixed Race Identities. Identity Studies in the Social Sciences. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137318893_8
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