Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. 1 Mixed Messages: Doing Race in the Color-Blind Era 1
5. Part 1 Shifting Color Lines
6. 2 Defining Race: Comparative Perspectives 15
7. 3 Black, Honorary White, White: The Future of Race in the United States? 33
8. 4 Racial Justice in a Black/Nonblack Society 49
9. 5 Carving Out a Middle Ground: The Case of Hawai‘i 63
10. 6 New Racial Identities, Old Arguments: Continuing Biological Reification 83
11. 7 Color Blindness: An Obstacle to Racial Justice? 103
12. 8 Racism, Whitespace, and the Rise of the Neo-Mulattoes 117
13. Part 2 Manipulating Multiracial Identities
14. 9 Race, Multiraciality, and the Neoconservative Agenda 125
15. 10 White Supremacists in the Color-Blind Era: Redefining Multiracial and White Identities 147
16. 11 Defining Racism to Achieve Goals: The Multiracial and Black Reparations Movements 161
17. 12 Selling Mixedness: Marketing with Multiracial Identities 183
18. Part 3 Socialization in Multiracial Families
19. 13 It All Starts at Home: Racial Socialization in Multiracial Families 203
20. 14 Racial Logics and (Trans)Racial Identities: A View from Britain 217
21. 15 Black and White: Family Opposition to Becoming Multiracial 233
22. Part 4 Dilemmas of Multiracial Identity
23. 16 Negotiating Racial Identity in Social Interactions 249
24. 17 Black/White Friendships in a Color-Blind Society 267
25. 18 Black and Latino: Dominican Americans Negotiate Racial Worlds 285
26. 19 Finding a Home: Housing the Color Line 301
27. 20 Confronting Racism in the Therapist’s Office 313
28. 21 Culture and Identity in Mixed-Race Women’s Lives 327
29. References 349
30. The Contributors 391
31. Index 395
32. About the Book 405