January 12, 2007

Who Cares About Race?

To the Editor:

I read with interest Naomi Schaefer Riley's "The Risks of Multiracial Identification" (The Chronicle Review, November 10). Having moved to Hawaii from California in 1974 — to a place where there is no majority race from a place where I was a distinct minority — I want to offer this perspective: Hawaii is already a true melting pot and a place that may well forecast the future of race relations.

Ms. Riley states that "people will hang on to

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