Between Black and Brown

Rebecca Romo is an associate professor of sociology at Santa Monica College. G. Reginald Daniel (1949–2022) was a professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He was the cofounding editor and editor in chief of the Journal of Critical Mixed Race Studies and author or editor of numerous books, including More Than Black? Multiracial Identity and the New Racial Order. J Sterphone is a visiting assistant professor of sociology at Wheaton College.

• List of TablesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Bringing Blaxicans to the ForefrontPart 1. Racial Formation and the Blaxican Borderlands1. Race and Mixed Race: Multiracial Identities in Academia2. Anglo-America and Latin America3. Louisiana and the Gulf Coast4. Black Identity Construction and the Monoracial Imperative5. California and the Southwest6. Mexican American Identity and Monoraciality7. Multiracial Identities: The Law of the Included Middle8. “Dual Minority” Multiracial Identities: Decentering WhitenessPart 2. Living Race and Identity in Black and Brown9. Racial Labels as a Self-Designation: Blaxican and Proud!10. Defining Blaxicans: Racial-Cultural Existence in a Borderland Space11. Social Agency and Constraint: Family, School, and Neighborhood12. Race and Cultural Authenticity: You’re Not Black or Mexican Enough!13. Black and Brown Relations: Situation and Context MatterConclusion: Bridging the BorderlandsNotesBibliographyIndex

“This is a groundbreaking work on dual minority multiracial identities. It is very readable and stimulating with a valuable and sophisticated theoretical discussion of multiracialism in the United States and a case study of Blaxicans.”-Laura A. Lewis, author of Chocolate and Corn Flour: History, Race, and Place in the Making of “Black” Mexico “The authors do an excellent job of providing the theoretical frameworks, comparative historical analysis, and oral testimonies to illustrate how Blaxican identity is a borderlands space between Black and Brown communities, and how this ‘in-between or liminal space’ enables Blaxicans to reimagine space and identity in new, profound ways that embody both communities simultaneously.”-Rudy P. Guevarra Jr., author of Becoming Mexipino: Multiethnic Identities and Communities in San Diego