The Diversity Paradox: Immigration and the Color Line in Twenty-First Century America

Contents

~ Contents ~ About the Authors ix Acknowledgments xi Part I Historical Background, Theoretical Framework, 1 and Sociodemographic Context Chapter 1 Introduction: Immigration and the Color Line 3 in America Chapter 2 Theoretical Perspectives on Color Lines 23 in the United States Chapter 3 What Is This Person’s Race? The Census and 35 the Construction of Racial Categories Chapter 4 Immigration and the Geography of 55 the New Ethnoracial Diversity with James D. Bachmeier and Zoya Gubernskaya Part II Individual Experiences of Diversity: 81 From Multiraciality to Multiracial Identification Chapter 5 The Cultural Boundaries of Ethnoracial Status 83 and Intermarriage Chapter 6 What About the Children? Interracial Families 101 and Ethnoracial Identification Chapter 7 Who Is Multiracial? The Cultural Reproduction 121 of the One-Drop Rule Chapter 8 From Racial to Ethnic Status: Claiming Ethnicity 137 Through Culture Part III The Empirical and Policy Significance of Diversity: 155 Generalization and Paradox Chapter 9 Ethnoracial Diversity, Minority-Group Threat, 157 and Boundary Dissolution: Clarifying the Diversity Paradox with James D. Bachmeier Chapter 10 Conclusion: The Diversity Paradox and Beyond 181 (Plus Ça Change, Plus C’est la Même Chose) Appendix: Methodological Approach 195 Notes 205 References 207 Index 225 viii Contents ...