Category: Census/Demographics

  • The Effects of Mixed-Race Households on Residential Segregation Journal Urban Geography Issue Volume 28, Number 6, August 16-September 30, 2007 Online Date: 2007-11-27 Pages 554-577 ISSN: 0272-3638 DOI 10.2747/0272-3638.28.6.554 Mark Ellis University of Washington Steven R. Holloway University of Georgia Richard Wright Dartmouth College Margaret East The University of Texas, Arlington This paper investigates how…

  • New Faces in a Changing America: Multiracial Identity in the 21st Century SAGE Publications, Inc. Paperback ISBN: 9780761923008 2001 432 pages Edited by Loretta I. Winters California State University, Northridge Herman L. DeBose California State University, Northridge How multiracial people identify themselves can have major consequences on their positions in their families, communities and society.…

  • Mixed Heritage – Identity, Policy and Practice Runnymede Trust ISBN-10: 0-9548389-6-3 ISBN-13: 978-0-9548389-6-6 EAN: 9780954838966 40 pages September 2007 Edited by Jessica Mai Sims Although they are often invisible in debates on race and ethnicity, the 2001 census reveals that the ‘Mixed’ population is the third largest ethnic category in the UK, with predictions that…

  • With an entire section devoted to the Asian diaspora, The Sum of Our Parts suggests that questions of multiracial and multiethnic identity are surfacing around the globe. This timely and provocative collection articulates them for social scientists and students.

  • America has been the breeding ground of a “biracial baby boom” for the past 25 years. Unfortunately, there has been a dearth of information regarding how racially mixed people identify and view themselves and how they relate to one another. “Racially Mixed People in America” steadily bridges this gap and offers a comprehensive look at…

  • Beyond Black: Biracial Identity in America (Second Edition) Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. December 2007 220 pages Cloth ISBN: 0-7425-6054-6 / 978-0-7425-6054-3 Paper ISBN: 0-7425-6055-4 / 978-0-7425-6055-0 By Kerry Ann Rockquemore and David L. Brunsma Foreword by Joe Feagin Beyond Black is a groundbreaking study of the dynamic meaning of racial identity for multiracial people…

  • Perspectives and Research on the Positive and Negative Implications of Having Multiple Racial Identities Psychological Bulletin Volume 131, Number 4 (June 2005) pages 569–591 DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.131.4.569 Margaret Shih, Professor in Management and Organizations Anderson School of Management University of California, Los Angeles Diana T. Sanchez, Associate Professor of Social Psychology Rutgers University Much attention has…

  • Multiracial Identity Integration: Perceptions of Conflict and Distance among Multiracial Individuals Journal of Social Issues Vol. 65, No. 1, 2009 pp. 51–68 Chi-Ying Cheng, Assistant Professor of Psychology Singapore Management University Fiona Lee, Professor of Psychology University of Michigan This article examines how multiracial individuals negotiate their different and sometimes conflicting racial identities. Drawing from…

  • Educational Policy, Politics, and Mixed Heritage Students in the United States Journal of Social Issues Volume 65, Number 1 (March 2009) pages 165-183 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2008.01593.x Kristen A. Renn, Professor of Higher, Adult, & Lifelong Education Michigan State University This article describes local, state, and federal policies related to collecting, aggregating, and reporting data on student…

  • Assimilating Blackness?: Multiple-Race Identification and African American Mate Selection Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Hilton San Francisco & Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel San Francisco, CA 2004-08-14 23 pages Jenifer L. Bratter, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Associate Director of the Institute for Urban Research Rice University I investigate the influence…