1. A historical opportunity : immigrants, fusions, and the reconfiguration of American culture
2. Dead end : the white/black dichotomy
3. Murals and Mexicans : Chicanos in the United States
4. Asian Americans : non-European and nonwhite
5. The other others : Indians and Arabs
6. The Caribbean : Puerto Ricans, West Indians, Cubans
7. The question marks : mixed-race Americans
8. A heart transplant
Epilogue : our fusion family.