Who we be: the colorization of America

Seeing America

A New Culture, 1963-1979. Rainbow power : Morrie Turner and the kids ; After Jericho : the struggle against invisibility ; "The real thing" : lifestyling and its discontents ; Every man an artist, every artist a priest : the invention of multiculturalism ; Color theory : race trouble in the avant-garde.

Who Are We? : 1980-1993. The end of the world as we know it : whiteness, the rainbow, and the culture wars ; Unity and reconciliation : the era of identity ; Imagine/ever wanting/to be : the fall of multiculturalism ; All the colors in the world : the mainstreaming of multiculturalism ; We are all multiculturalists now : visions of one America.

The Colorization of America, 1993-2013. I am I be : identity in post time ; Demographobia : racial fears and colorized futures ; The wave : the hope of a new cultural majority ; Dis/union : the paradox of the post-racial moment ; Who we be : debt, community, and colorization

Dreaming America.

Introduction. Seeing America

Part One: A new culture, 1963-1979. Rainbow power : Morrie Turner and the Kids

After Jericho : the struggle against invisibility

"The Real thing" : lifestyling and its discontents

Every man an artist, every artist a priest : the invention of multiculturalism

Color theory : race trouble in the Avant-Garde

Part Two: Who are we? 1980-1993. The end of the world as we know it : whiteness, the rainbow, and the culture wars

Unity and reconciliation : the era of identity

Imagine/ever wanting/to be : The fall of multiculturalism

All the colors in the world : The mainstreaming of multiculturalism

We are all multiculturalists now : visions of one America

Part Three: The colorization of America, 1993-2013. I am I be : identity in post time

Demographobia : racial fears and colorized futures

The wave : the hope of a new cultural majority

Dis/union : the paradox of the post-racial moment

Who we be : debt, community, and colorization

Epilogue. Dreaming America.