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Title: Mixed Messages doesn't clarify
Review: Surprisingly, this compilation of essays is primarily centered around dismantling multiracialism because--as the authors vehemently argue--the multiracial movement is naively or insidiously distracting traditional progress (or lack thereof) for black racial justice. I read statements that compared multiracialism with "neoconservatism" which can be disconcerting for anyone who is accustomed to reading Marie P.P. Root's books, which take a more compassionate and emic approach to the studying of the multiracial experience.If you are looking for a book which addresses multiracialism from the standpoint of multiracials, which addresses interesting unique experiences that multiracials trek through, then this is NOT the book for you. But if you are interested in primarily criticizing multiracialism and are only interested in Black and Non-Black race relations, then I would suggest this book.
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