Beyond Black is a groundbreaking study of the dynamic meaning of racial
identity for multiracial people in post-Civil Rights America. Kerry Ann
Rockquemore and David Brunsma document the wide range of racial
identities that individuals with one Black and one White parent develop,
and they provide a incisive sociological explanation of the choices
facing those who are multiracial. Stemming from the controversy of the
2000 Census and whether an additional 'multiracial' category should be
added to the survey, this second edition of Beyond Black uses both
survey data and interviews of multiracial young adults to explore the
contemporary dynamics of racial identity formation. The authors raise
even larger social and political questions posed by expanding racial
categorization on the U.S. Census.