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

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Acknowledgments iii Rutgers University Press New Brunswick, New Jersey, and London Navigating Interracial Borders BLACK-WHITE COUPLES AND THEIR SOCIAL WORLDS , ERICA CHITO CHILDS iv Acknowledgments Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Childs, Erica Chito, 1971– Navigating interracial borders : black-white couples and their social worlds / Erica Chito Childs. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0–8135–3585–9 (hardcover : alk. paper) ISBN 0–8135–3586–7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Interracial marriage—United States. 2. Interracial marriage—United States—Public opinion. 3. Interracial dating—United States. 4. Race awareness—United States. 5. Racism—United States. 6. Race relations in motion pictures. 7. United States—Race relations. I. Title. HQ1031.C485 2005 306.84'6—dc22 2004021377 A British Cataloging-in-Publication record for this book is available from the British Library. Copyright © 2005 by Erica Chito Childs All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. Please contact Rutgers University Press, 100 Joyce Kilmer Avenue, Piscataway, NJ 08854–8099. The only exception to this prohibition is “fair use” as defined by U.S. copyright law. Manufactured in the United States of America Acknowledgments v To my two loves, Christopher and Jada vi Acknowledgments ...