Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-381) and index.
1. East Is East, East Is West: Asians as Americans -- 2. The Model Minority: Asian American "Success" as a Race Relations Failure -- 3. The Perpetual Foreigner: Yellow Peril in the Pacific Century -- 4. Neither Black Nor White: Affirmative Action and Asian Americans -- 5. True But Wrong: New Arguments Against New Discrimination -- 6. The Best "Chink" Food: Dog-Eating and the Dilemma of Diversity -- 7. The Changing Face of America: Intermarriage and the Mixed Race Movement -- 8. The Power of Coalitions: Why I Teach at Howard -- Epilogue: Deep Springs