Acquisition process

, 54

Agentic self

, 29

Anti-individualisation

, 48–49

Appearance

, 43–44

Attractiveness

, 43

Authentic Scot

, 19–20

Autobiographic narratives

, 121

Banality

, 106

Biographical methods

, 24

Black community

, 116–117

Black-white families

, 77

Blackness

, 122

Blond Chinese babies

, 1

Britain whiteness

, 54

British Sociological Association (BSA)

, 7

Britishness

, 61

Capital

, 56–57

transmission

, 78

Chineseness

, 46

Class

, 78–79

Cohabitation

, 38

Collective blackness

, 77

Collective identity

, 31, 128, 130

Colonialism

, 4–5

Colour coded

national identity

, 62

system

, 31

Colour transcendence

, 108

Concerted cultivation

, 78

Conformity, micro tactics of

, 124–125

Contemporary progressiveness

, 3–4

Contingency of identity

, 122

Conviviality

, 10, 103–104

Coping strategy of stigma management

, 60

Coronavirus pandemic

, 4

Cosmopolitan orientation

, 101–102, 108–109

Cosmopolitanism

, 100–101

Costless activity

, 39

Covering strategy

, 30

Critical Mixed Race

, 2

Critical Mixed Race Studies

, 12

Cuisine

, 113

Cultural hierarchy

, 117

Cultural identity

, 116

Cultural practices

, 113

Cultures of mixing

, 79–80

Denial

, 63

Differential parenting styles

, 79–80

Discursive deficit

, 53

Diversity

, 9–10

sociological take on

, 10–11

Double-consciousness

, 62

Emotions

, 24, 97–98

Ethnic absolutism

, 99–101

Ethnic identity selection

, 31

Ethnic options

, 31

Ethnic scripts

, 47–48

Ethnic-absolutist orientation

, 109, 117–118

Ethnicity

, 17–19, 32, 112, 121

Family

, 7, 9, 54–55, 98

Fluidity

, 8

Foreign direct investment (FDI)

, 1

Fragmentation of whiteness

, 79

Free choice approach

, 93–94

Free exploration of identity

, 94–95

Gender

, 65–66, 78–79, 121

Gendered division of labours

, 78–79

Genealogy

, 11–12

Holistic approach

, 22

Ideal types

, 100

Identity

, 4–5

developing theoretical framework towards

, 11–13

management systems

, 77, 123

Individualised racial logics

, 123–124

Inequalities

, 7–9

Influential (white) parents

, 55–56

Institutionalise racism

, 9–10

Interactionist approach

, 11–12, 29

Intersectional approach

, 12

Interviewee-orientated approach

, 23–24

Intimacy

, 4–5

Kinship

, 11–12

Language

, 2, 9–10, 42–43, 113

skill

, 42

Marginal man theory

, 5

Media

, 9–11

Methodological nationalism

, 17–18

Micro phenomenon

, 1

Micro tactics of resistance and conformity

, 124–125

Micro-level racialisation processes

, 29

Microresistant tactics

, 21

Middle-class whiteness

, 81–82

Mixed bodies

, 54–55

Mixed collective patterns

, 79–80

Mixed ethnicity

, 32

Mixed family

, 126–127

Mixed identities

, 99

Mixed individuals

, 31, 44–45, 55

Mixed-race

, 3, 7, 29–30

category

, 21

families

, 8

identities

, 2, 4, 11, 17, 122

orientations

, 101

populations

, 121

researching ‘mixed-race’ future

, 128–130

Mixedness

, 1–5, 12, 29, 53, 99, 112, 122, 130

ethnic identity selection

, 31

Haifa case

, 32, 39

illustrative cases

, 23–25

limitations

, 25–26

project

, 22–23

race, stigma and negotiation of social self

, 30–31

relative centrality of

, 122–123

researching

, 21–26

in Scotland

, 21

Shab case

, 46, 51

Sophie case

, 39, 45–46

terminology

, 7

Multi-registration points

, 10

Multicultural Britain

, 9

Multiculturalism

, 17–20, 114–115

Multiple layers of oppression

, 78–79

Narrative adequacy

, 24

Nationalism

, 65–66

Natural accomplishment

, 78

Naturalness

, 101

Negotiating (non)negotiable

Charlene

, 70, 74–75

Ian

, 63, 69–70

influential (white) parents

, 55–56

mixedness

, 53

Sara

, 56, 63

whiteness, family and mixed bodies

, 54–55

Negotiation of social self

, 30–31

Neutral alternatives

, 7

Normative script

, 101

Office of National Statistics (ONS)

, 19–20

One-size-fits-all approach

, 122

Open individualised patterns

, 79–80

Openness

, 6–7, 100

Oppression, multiple layers of

, 78–79

Orientation approaches

, 101

Othering process

, 58

Otherness

, 2

Palestinian identity

, 37

Parental involvement

, 55

Parental process

, 94–95

Parenting ‘mixed-race’ children

cultures of mixing

, 79–80

differential parenting styles

, 79–80

Maggie

, 87, 91

Mai

, 91, 96–97

multiple layers of oppression

, 78–79

Natalie

, 80, 86

situated understanding of parenting practices

, 97–98

Persistent racial thinking

, 17–18

Place polygamy

, 100

Polish Whiteness

, 117

Post-racial

colour-blindness

, 99

conviviality

, 128–129

society

, 101

Post-raciality

, 99

Practice category

, 122

Proximate whiteness

, 63

Race

, 4, 7, 9, 17–19, 22, 30–32, 53–54, 60–61, 77–79, 84, 108, 121, 127

public and silencing of

, 9–11

relational thinking of

, 116–117

Racial hierarchy

, 65

Racial identities

, 69

Racial ideology

, 53–54

Racial logics

, 123–124

Racialisation

, 17–18, 29, 54–56, 59, 74–75, 100, 121

Racialised identity of whiteness

, 109

Racialising process

, 54

Racism

, 9–10, 47, 53–55, 65–66, 71, 77, 90–91, 116–117

Relational thinking of race

, 116–117

Relationality

, 11–12

Relative centrality of mixedness

, 122–123

Resistance, micro tactics of

, 124–125

Scot

, 125–126

Scotland

, 17

mixedness in

, 21

researching in

, 26

Scottish case

, 17–18

Scottish identity

, 17

Scottish story, global debate and

, 4–7

Scottish Whiteness

, 117

Scottishness

, 17, 46, 53, 61, 99, 109, 122, 125–126

constructing

, 18–21

two sets of contradiction

, 18–21

Scottishness National Party

, 18–19

Sense of self

, 29–30

Single collective patterns

, 79–80

Social actors

, 8

Social class

, 125

Social credentials

, 55

Social distancing

, 58–59

Social mobility

, 82

Social network

, 113

Social self

, 30–31

Social stigma

, 86

Socialisation process

, 98

Sociological take on diversity

, 10–11

Stigma

, 79

of social self

, 30–31

Stigma management, coping strategy of

, 60

Superdiversity

, 10

Symbolic resources

, 31

Thick descriptions analysis

, 122

Thinking, modes of

Amy

, 113–117

cosmopolitan orientation

, 101–102, 108–109

cosmopolitanism and ethnic absolutism

, 100–101

discussion of ethnic-absolutist orientation

, 117–118

ethnic-absolutist orientation

, 109

Fred

, 109–113

Jenny

, 102–104

Sheena

, 105–108

Threat

, 111

Tolerance

, 114–115

Two-dimensional framework

, 112

Utopia of post-racial society

, 127–128

White environment

, 53

White orientation

, 54

Whiteness

, 17–20, 53–55, 63, 67, 71, 101, 117–118, 122

Xenophobic attitudes

, 65–66