Includes bibliographical references and index.; Introduction : Expecting excellence in the field of multiracial identity studies -- Projection as reality : three authors, three studies, one problem -- Psychobabble, socioblather, and the reinscription of the pathology paradigm -- White mothers, the loving legend, and manufacturing a biracial baby boom -- Distinction without difference : the insidious argument for first-generation black/white multiracial identity -- The road forward.;