The Colors of Love

Melinda A. Mills is Associate Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, Sociology, and Anthropology, and Coordinator of Women's and Gender Studies at Castleton University. She is the author of the award-winning book, The Borders of Race: Patrolling "Multiracial" Identities, and Racial Mixture and Musical Mash-Ups in the Life and Art of Bruno Mars.

In The Colors of Love, Melinda Mills asks whether strict racial categorizations can be disrupted by multiracials in interracial relationships. She finds that multiracials and their partners continuously navigate racial boundaries in the presence of strangers, friends, families, and even themselves. Ultimately, she finds that multiracial individuals were most likely to choose racial identities and romantic partners that render invisible the multiple racial identities straddled by them and their partners. This well-researched and nuanced monograph is an important read for anyone interested in the future of racial categories. -- Grace Kao, co-author of The Company We Keep: Interracial Friendships and Romantic Relationships from Adolescence to Adulthood