Introduction : the interracial canary -- Loving across the border : through the lens of black-white couples -- Constructing racial boundaries and white communities -- Crossing racial boundaries and black communities -- Families and the color line : multiracial problems for black and white families -- Racialized spaces : college life in black and white -- Blac_kwhite.com : surfing the interracial Internet -- Listening to the interracial canary.