Colors of Love: Multiracial People in Interracial Relationships

Melinda A. Mills explores how multiracial people navigate their complex identities in romantic relationships, highlighting how similarities and differences in identity, skin color, and racial composition shape their choices and experiences.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 320 pages
\n Publication date: 07 December 2021
\n Publisher: New York University Press
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In the United States, a staggering seven million individuals identify as multiracial, possessing a racially mixed heritage, parental lineage, or ancestry. In her book, The Colors of Love, Melinda A. Mills delves into the intricate and often misconstrued journeys of multiracial individuals as they navigate their complex identities in romantic relationships. Through sixty in-depth interviews with multiracial individuals in interracial partnerships, Mills uncovers how individuals define and assert their racial identities both independently and alongside their partners. She sheds light on how similarities and disparities in identity, skin color, and racial composition influence how multiracial individuals choose, experience, and navigate love. Mills also highlights the surprising ways in which multiracial individuals navigate the boundaries of race, both as individuals and as romantic partners.

The Colors of Love expands our understanding of race and love in the twenty-first century, offering a fresh perspective on the diverse experiences and challenges faced by multiracial individuals in their romantic relationships.

\n Weight: 486g\n
Dimension: 152 x 228 x 25 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781479802418\n \n