Abstract
"The problem of the twentieth-century is the problem of the Color Line". Writer and social reformer, W.E.B. Du Bois said at the beginning of the 20th century. At that time, the color line corresponded to a Black-White divide. However, from the end of the twentieth-century to the beginning of the 21st century, the Color Line seemed to have evolved with the arrival of new immigrants in the US, such as Asians and Latinos, as the result of the Hart-Celler Act. "Reinventing the color line" is an article on the evolution of the Color Line within the 20th century. This is a study led by two professors at the University of California that was based on results of two formal elements: the 2000 U.S. Census on multiracial reporting, and data collected from in-depth interview with 46 multiracial individuals. In this article, writer's goal is to elucidate the experience of ethnic identification: the choice of ethnic and multiracial identities; if they feel constraint or free in their choice of identities; and the meaning of the same.
