This dissertation explores the ways in which mixed race adults create racial meaning, i.e., "do race" (West and Fenstermaker 1995) in their everyday lives. I interviewed 30 mixed race adults in the United States and United Kingdom about their identity, body work and being asked "what are you?" In the first of four empirical chapters I discuss racial identity, analyzing the role of gender, socialization, social interactions, environment, and life course changes. One unique contribution is the recognition of hip hop as a significant factor in mixed race men's identity formation. The next two chapters examine what body work interviewees perform and why. Chapter 4 analyzes hair styling and piercings, both of which were purposely used to influence one's racial appearance. I also discuss tattooing as multiple interviewees described desire for or acquisition of a personally designed tattoo that provides a pictorial representation of her/his mixed race identity. Chapter 5 then analyzes skin color management and other practices that were reported to not be used for racial purposes. In the final empirical chapter, I theorize from my interviewees' experiences being asked "what are you?" finding in general that it was felt as a microaggression (Sue at al. 2007) or "Nigger moment" (Anderson 2011) when posed from mono-racial people but was welcomed as an opportunity for solidarity when posed from other mixed race people. Moreover, intersectionality played a crucial role in these encounters with women and service workers reporting receiving more questions than men or professionals. My dissertation concludes with a discussion of body work and responses to racial questions as instances of race emerging within social interactional. While only two types of body work were used purposefully to "do race," I argue that the body work practices for which non-racial explanations were offered may also be "doing race" yet are unrecognized as such due to white hegemony. Regarding receipt of racial questions, I argue that these accumulated inconsistent reflected appraisals collectively serve as one consistent reflected appraisal of mixed race heritage. As whole, this dissertation interrogates the micro-politics of embodied racialization and advances our understanding of the micro-construction of race.