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  • Mixed race children and young people are individual nation states. They defy classification

    Mixed race children and young people are individual nation states. They defy classification The Independent 2012-12-012 Shyama Perea This week we learned that the number of mixed race people in the UK has doubled to 1.2 million. I’m adding my children to the arsenal of weapons for change n the late 1940s, the Eurasian poet…

  • Who are we? Census 2011 reports on ethnicity in the UK

    Who are we? Census 2011 reports on ethnicity in the UK Runnymede Trust: Intelligence for a multi-ethnic Britain 2012-12-11 Dr. Omar Khan, Head of Policy Research Every ten years the Census provides us with multiple insights into the state of modern Britain. In today’s release of the 2011 Census, we find that the Black and…

  • “Mongrel nation”: How is the face of Britain seen now?

    “Mongrel nation”: How is the face of Britain seen now? British Future 2012-12-10 Shamit Saggar, Professor of Political Science University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom Twenty years ago Time magazine put a composite photograph on its front cover. It was generated by an IBM 486 computer and fused together the phenotypical features of the world’s…

  • The melting pot generation: How Britain became more relaxed on race

    The melting pot generation: How Britain became more relaxed on race British Future 2012-12-12 26 pages Rob Ford, Lecturer in Politics University of Manchester Rachael Jolley, Editorial Director and Director of Communications British Future Sunder Katwala, Director British Future Binita Mehta, Intern British Future As the 2011 census results show an ever larger number of…

  • Mixed Experiences: a study of the childhood narratives of mixed race people related to risks to their mental health and capacity for developing resilience

    Mixed Experiences: a study of the childhood narratives of mixed race people related to risks to their mental health and capacity for developing resilience City University London, School of Health Sciences December 2011 330 pages Dinah Cecilia Morley This thesis is submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in…

  • Mixed-race Britain: Proud of both sides and here to stay

    Mixed-race Britain: Proud of both sides and here to stay The Daily Mail Lindsay John’s blog 2012-12-11 Lindsay John According to data from last year’s census, revealed today, Britain’s mixed-race population probably now exceeds one million. Moreover, the mixed-race population is among the fastest growing in Britain and is already the largest ethnic group among…

  • 2011 Census: Key Statistics for England and Wales, March 2011 (Ethnic Group)

    2011 Census: Key Statistics for England and Wales, March 2011 (Ethnic Group) Office for National Statistics (ONS) Census 2011 Ethnic Group: Part of 2011 Census, Key Statistics for Local Authorities in England and Wales Release Release Date: 2012-12-11 Figure 3: Ethnic groups by English regions and Wales, 2011 Ethnicity across the English regions and Wales Figure…

  • Mixed-race Brits rising fast as prejudice wanes

    Mixed-race Brits rising fast as prejudice wanes The Sunday Times 2012-12-09 Dipesh Gadher, Deputy News Editor MIXED-RACE Britons, epitomised by Jessica Ennis, the Olympic heptathlon champion, are among the nation’s fastest-growing ethnic-minority groups, according to official figures. New data from the 2011 census to be published on Tuesday is expected to show that at least…

  • Jackie Kay and Sebastian Barry: Identity and struggle

    Jackie Kay and Sebastian Barry: Identity and struggle The Guardian 2011-08-15 Sarah Crown In our inaugural podcast from the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Sebastian Barry and Jackie Kay talk to us about the themes that power their work In our first podcast from the 2011 Edinburgh International Book Festival, we explore questions of identity and…

  • Covering Multiracial America Requires Historical Perspective

    Covering Multiracial America Requires Historical Perspective Maynard Media Center on Structural Inequity Maynard Institute 2012-11-14 Nadra Kareem Nittle Although people of mixed races have lived in the United States for centuries, authorities on multiracial identity say mainstream media continue to report on these people as if they are a new phenomenon. In 1619, the first…