There is no teasing apart what interracial couples think of themselves from what society shows them about themselves. Following on her earlier ground-breaking study of the social worlds of interracial couples, Erica Chito Childs considers the larger context of social messages, conveyed by the media, that inform how we think about love across the color line. Examining a range of media--from movies to music to the web--iFade to Black and Whitei offers an informative and provocative account of how the perception of interracial sexuality as deviant has been transformed in the course of the 20th century and how race relations are understood today.

Fade to black and white -- Historical realities and media representations of race and sexuality -- The prime-time color-line : interracial couples and television -- It's a (white) man's world -- When good girls go bad -- Playing the color-blind card : seeing black and white in news media -- Multiracial utopias : youth, sports, and music -- Changing the channel.