Forward
Herman L. DeBose
Introduction
Acknowledgments
PART I: RACE AS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION
Maria P. P. Root
1. Five Mixed Race Identities: From Relic to Revolution
Mary Thierry Texeira
2. The New Multiracialism: An Affirmation or an End to Race as we Know It?
PART II: THE MULTIRACIAL MOVEMENT
Ann Morning
3. New Faces, Old Faces: Counting the Multiracial Population
Kimberly McClain DaCosta
4. Multiracial Identity: From Personal Problem to Public Issue
Kim M. Williams
5. From Civil Rights to the Multiracial Movement
Rainier Spencer
6. Census 2000: Assessments in Significance
Nancy G. Brown & Ramona E. Douglas
7. Evolution of Multiracial Organizations: Where We Have Been & Where We Are Going
PART III: RACIAL/ETHNIC GROUPS IN AMERICA & BEYOND
Herman L. DeBose & Loretta L. Winters
8. The Dilemma of Biracial People of African American Descent
Teresa Williams-Leon
9. Check All That Apply: Trends & Perspectives Among Asian Descent Multiracials
Gregory Velazco y Trianosky
10. Beyond Mestizaje: The Future of Race in America
Karren Baird-Olson
11. Colonization, Cultural Imperialism, and the Social Construction of American Indian Mixed Blood Identity
Laura Desfor Edles
12. "Race," "Ethnicity," and "Culture" in Hawai'i: The Myth of the "Model Minority" State
G. Reginald Daniel
13. Multiracial Identity in Global Perspective: The United States, Brazil, and South Africa
PART IV: RACE, GENDER & HIERARCHY
Paul Spickard
14. Does Multiraciality Lighten? Me-too Ethnicity & the Whiteness Trap
Caroline A. Streeter
15. The Hazards of Visibility: "Biracial Women," Media Images, and Narratives of Identity
Darby Li Po Price
16. Masculine Multiracial Comedians
PART V: SPECIAL TOPICS
Patricia O'Donnell Brummett & Loretta I. Winters
17. Gang Affiliation & Self-Esteem: The Effects of a Mixed Heritage Identity
Kristyan M. Kouri
18. Black/White Interracial Couples & the Beliefs That Help Them to Bridge the Racial Divide
Loretta I. Winters
Epilogue: The Multiracial Movement: Harmony & Discord
Index
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