Race Policy and Multiracial Americans looks at the impact of multiracial people on race policies—where they lag behind the growing numbers of multiracial people in the USA and how they can be used to promote racial justice. This much-needed book is essential reading for anyone interested in race relations and social justice.

Volume 2.

Traces the turns of U.S. Indian policy and the effects of white social attitudes on Indian assimilation.

Beginning in 1898, the United States won overseas colonies as the spoils of the Spanish-American War: Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Cuba. Guam and Hawaii were also acquired in that year, and in 1917, the Danish Antilles became the United States Virgin Islands. The racial heritage of the territorial inhabitants paralled that of nonwhite groups in the United States: Native Americans, Africans, Asians, Hispanics, and mixed-race people. The nonwhite race of domestic and overseas colonial people established important links between American domestic racial policies and the racial policies and the racial dimension of American overseas colonies. This book is about these links, as shaped by the prevailing racial tradition and social structure in the United States itself. Crucial to examining these links is the little-known role of Booker T. Washington in shaping American overseas colonial policy. It is argued that following colonial acquisition at the turn of the century, the American racial tradition was exported to overseas territories, thereby largely determining colonial policy and administrative practices, the nature of social and racial conflict, and the direction and pace of political evolution in the territories.

Volume 2.

This exciting multidisciplinary collection brings together twenty-two original essays by scholars on the cutting edge of racial theory, who address both the American concept of race and the specific problems experienced by those who do not fit neatly into the boxes society requires them to check.

Examines the evolution of American social policy and the racial politics shaping it by focusing not on the disadvantages suffered by blacks, but the advantages enjoyed by whites.

Annotation Based on 52 interviews with biracial men and women, Kilson (State Salem College) discusses their experiences in childhood, with their families, with lovers, and with friends. She also addresses the development of racial identity, the choices biracial adults make about their identities, and the way these identities shape and impact their lives. A separate section presents the actual statements those interviewed made in reply to questions on these matters. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).