The diversity paradox : immigration and the color line in twenty-first century America / Jennifer Lee and Frank D. Bean.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-224) and index.

Pt. I. Historical background, theoretical framework, and sociodemographic context. -- Introduction : immigration and the color line in America -- Theoretical perspectives on color lines in the United States -- What is this person's race? The census and the construction of racial categories -- Immigration and the geography of the new ethnoracial diversity / with James D. Bachmeier and Zoya Gubernskaya -- Pt. II. Individual experiences of diversity : from multiraciality to multiracial identification. -- The cultural boundaries of ethnoracial status and intermarriage -- What about the children? Interracial families and ethnoracial identification -- Who is multiracial? The cultural reproduction of the one-drop rule -- From racial to ethnic status : claiming ethnicity through culture -- Pt. III. The empirical and policy significance of diversity : generalization and paradox. -- Ethnoracial diversity, minority-group threat, and boundary dissolution : clarifying the diversity paradox / with James D. Bachmeier -- Conclusion : the diversity paradox and beyond (Plus �ca change, plus c'est la m�eme chose).

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