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Chapter 6 of the book "Getting Beyond Race: The Changing American Culture," by Richard J. Payne is presented. The article explores the impact of non-European immigrants from parts of the globe, who have been allowed to enter the U.S. because of the revisions in the country's immigration policy in 1965, on the changing of racial composition of the U.S. It highlights the contribution of immigration on undermining the concept of race by strengthening the power of American minority groups.

A preface to the book "Getting Beyond Race: The Changing American Culture," by Richard J. Payne is presented.

Conclusion of the book "Getting Beyond Race: The Changing American Culture," by Richard J. Payne is presented. It mentions that the book focuses on positive developments in race relation though its is easy to find examples of how racial problems continue to plague in the U.S. society. It suggests that building on success will generate greater momentum toward the achievement of a color-blind society than dwelling on failure in the future.

Chapter 8 of the book "Getting Beyond Race: The Changing American Culture," by Richard J. Payne is presented. It explores transracial adoptions, which provide irrefutable evidence of profound changes in American racial attitudes and behavior. It cites that transracial adoptions personalize racial issues, help erode racial boundaries, and challenge the us-versus-them mentality by bringing blacks, whites, Asians, and Latinos together as families.

Chapter 7 of the book "Getting Beyond Race: The Changing American Culture," by Richard J. Payne is presented. The article explores the impact of acceptance of rigid racial boundaries and racial classification systems on the social construction of race and racism. It highlights the wide disagreement between the old and young on the issue of racial mixing with the evidence of radical alteration of racial attitudes over the past few decades.

Chapter 5 of the book "Getting Beyond Race: The Changing American Culture," by Richard J. Payne is presented. The article offers information on ways to promote equal opportunity and treatment among every races in the U.S. Moreover, it also explores the definitions and public perceptions of equal opportunity and affirmative action programs in the country.

Chapter 4 of the book "Getting Beyond Race: The Changing American Culture," by Richard J. Payne is presented. The article highlights the U.S. military as the model of racial equality for the rest of the American society. It explores the essential factors the U.S. military has combined in order to get beyond race.

Chapter 3 of the book "Getting Beyond Race: The Changing American Culture," by Richard J. Payne is presented. It explores the new generation of Americans with higher levels of education, more interactions with people from diverse backgrounds, and constant exposure to ideas that contradict the essential premises of racism increasingly find the concept of race unacceptable. It also examines the general concept of culture and the complex nature of American culture.

Chapter 2 of the book "Getting Beyond Race: The Changing American Culture," by Richard J. Payne is presented. The article explains that race is economically, socially, and politically constructed for a variety of material as well as psychological purposes. It highlights the impact of social and scientific changes along with cultural changes on the concept of race and on how Americans relate to one another.

Chapter 1 of the book "Getting Beyond Race: The Changing American Culture," by Richard J. Payne is presented. The article offers strategies on bow an individual can get beyond race, along with the description of racial classifications and racism. It explores the issue of trust as the heart of race relations, like the African American and White Americans.