Color Multiculturally" puts the conte mporary multicultural Ame rican picture book in conve rs ation with pos ts e miotic vis ual rhe toric to arg ue that the s e books e orts with color e xpos e and counte r the white s upre macis t, We s te rn-bound, color me aning-me aning conve ntions that have s upporte d the ide a of race , as we ll as racializ e d oppre s s ion, in the Unite d S tate s .