Melinda A. Mills
- Published in print:
- 2021
- Published Online:
- May 2022
- ISBN:
- 9781479802401
- eISBN:
- 9781479802432
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9781479802401.003.0006
- Subject:
- Sociology, Marriage and the Family
In the final chapter, the author’s focal point is “disappearing difference.” That is, she looks at how multiracial people attempt to blend racial borders or mask the appearance of any racial mixture ...
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In the final chapter, the author’s focal point is “disappearing difference.” That is, she looks at how multiracial people attempt to blend racial borders or mask the appearance of any racial mixture in themselves or their chosen romantic relationships. She situates the discussion in the broader context of a colorist society in which the current racial hierarchy privileges whiteness and penalizes blackness.Less
In the final chapter, the author’s focal point is “disappearing difference.” That is, she looks at how multiracial people attempt to blend racial borders or mask the appearance of any racial mixture in themselves or their chosen romantic relationships. She situates the discussion in the broader context of a colorist society in which the current racial hierarchy privileges whiteness and penalizes blackness.
