Reproducing race: the paradox of generation mix

Pt. 1. The Mulatto past

The mixed-racial background

Of tragic Mulattoes and marginal men

Mulatto writers on marginality

Imitations of life

Rejecting a shared past

pt. 2. The Mulatto present

Postraciality, multiraciality, and antiblackness

Resurrecting old myths of Mulatto marginality

The false promise of racial bridging

Assessing the new millennium marginal man

pt. 3. The Mulatto future

Whither multiracial militancy?

The conservation of the racial order

Mulatto (and White) writers on deconstructing race

Beyond generation mix.