Navigating Interracial Borders: Black-White Couples and Their Social Worlds

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Index 243 243 INDEX American Dilemma, An (Myrdal), 47 Anderson, Benedict, 75 assimilationist framework, in interrmarriage research, 7–8, 11 Association of Multi-Ethnic Americans, 170 Bad Company (film), 71 Bamboozled (film), 89 Baptist church, black, 103–105 Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 87, 94 Berry, Halle, 71, 72, 217n59 biracial children: in black community, 131; in multiracial group, 134–135; race of mother, 69; racial identity of, 129–130, 132, 138, 189; as reason for opposing interracial relationships , 130–133, 188–189; social opposition to, 40–41, 133–134; white churches and, 62; in white community , 82, 131–132, 133–135 black celebrities, in black man–white woman couplings, 162–163 black churches, 103–105 black man–white woman coupling: and black celebrities, 162–163; black women’s opposition to, 95–99, 125– 126, 153, 160–162, 165–166; on college campuses, 157–162; as deviant, 68–72; motives for becoming involved in, 85–87; and pornographic Web sites, 176–177; and sellout image of black man, 87–95, 162–163, 165; sexual stereotypes of, 83–85, 158 black opposition: ambivalent/contradictory responses, 79–82, 100, 107– 108, 187; among black women, 95–99, 125–126; biracial children as basis for, 130–131, 188; churches and, 103–105; among college students, 151–154; familial, 123– 129, 136; friendship groups and, 99– 102; in historical context, 76–77, 105, 106; motives for involvement and, 82–87, 88, 125, 183; to multiracial identity, 75, 174; neighborhood and, 102–103; racism as basis for, 124, 125, 186–187; sellout image and, 87–95, 105, 162– 163; sexual stereotypes and, 83–85; Web site criticism of, 173–174; vs. white opposition, 106–107 black partner: decision to become involved, 25–26, 28–30, 82–87; racial identity of, 20–22, 23–24, 78– 79, 190. See also black man–white woman coupling; black woman– white man coupling Black Sexual Politics (Collins), 80 244 Index black-white couples: on college campuses (see college campuses, interracial dating on); color-blind approach of (see color-blindness); community response to (see black opposition; family opposition; white opposition); comparison to gay/ lesbian couples, 155, 191–192; decision to become involved, 24–31, 82–87, 183; in films (see films, interracial); miner’s canary metaphor for, 5–6, 182; numbers of, 2, 44–45, 201n9; prevalence of racial borders, 1–2, 3; race consciousness of (see race consciousness); racial identity of (see racial identity); research methodology (see research methodology ); research studies on, 7–10, 202n22–206n27; social construction of, 10–11; support Web sites for, 169–175. See also black man–white woman coupling; black woman– white man coupling black woman–white man coupling: black community and, 153–154; in films, 71–72; motives for, 86; and pornographic Web sites, 177 black women: devalued by Eurocentric standards of beauty, 77, 95, 149, 161; history of sexual abuse, 69, 76, 77, 105; negative images of, 159–160; opposition to black man–white woman coupling, 95–99, 125–126, 153, 160–162, 165–166 Blindheart.com, 170 Bob Jones University, 141 Bodyguard, The (film), 64–66, 71–72 Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo, 12, 147, 185 books, pornographic, 181 borders, interracial, 1, 3, 11 Brady, Thomas, 48 Brothers, The (film), 89 Brown v. Board of Education, 47–48 Bryant, Kobe, 162, 212n14 Bulworth (film), 71, 72 Bumgardner, Chastity, 62 Butler, Judith, 155 Byrd, Charles Michael, 170, 172 Campbell, Bebe Moore, 96 Carcieri, Father, 62–63 Catholic Church, 61–63 census, racial categories of, 75, 129– 130, 137, 188, 189 church community: black, 103–105; and research methodology, 14–15; as research site, 13–14; Unitarian Universalist, 14, 63–64; white, 61– 63, 64 civil rights movement, 48 class status, 39–40, 55, 103 Cochran, Johnnie, 220n34 college-aged generation films, interracial story line in, 163–167 college campuses, interracial dating on: black man–white woman coupling, 157–162; black students’ opposition to, 151–154; as deviant, 155; vs. friendships, 145, 151; vs. marriage, 155–157; official response to, 139– 141; opportunities for, 141–142; popular culture and, 162–163; racial divisions and, 142–143, 174; and research methodology, 14–15; research sites, 13–14; social opposition to, 143–144; as trendy, 154–155, 191; white students’ opposition to, 145–151 Collins, Patricia Hill, 80, 86, 97, 132 color-blindness: in black community, 81–82; in decision to become involved, 25–26, 27, 30; in films, 45, 64–66, 167; in popular culture, 64– 66; in private sphere, 35, 183; problematic nature of, 2, 12, 43...