Category: Census/Demographics

  • Inside Facebook’s Totally Adorable, Kind of Racist Mixed Race Baby Community Broadly 2016-06-21 Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff Thousands of people have signed up to Instagram and Facebook communities to celebrate the beauty of multiracial children. But not everyone is convinced that they have the purest intentions at heart. In a world plagued by racism and prejudice, some…

  • Part-Latinos and Racial Reporting in the Census: An Issue of Question Format? Sociology of Race and Ethnicity July 2016, Volume 2, Number 3 pages 289-306 DOI: 10.1177/2332649215613531 Michael Hajime Miyawaki, Assistant Professor of Sociology Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas In this study, the author examines the racial reporting decisions of the offspring of Latino/non-Latino white, black,…

  • Essential Measures: Ancestry, Race, and Social Difference American Behavioral Scientist April 2016, Volume 60, Number 4 pages 498-518 DOI: 10.1177/0002764215613398 Aaron Gullickson, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Oregon Race and ancestry are both popularly viewed in the United States as different but intertwined reflections on a person’s essentialized identity that answer the question of…

  • The Great Migration and African-American Genomic Diversity PLOS Genetics 2016-05-27 27 pages DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006059 Soheil Baharian Department of Human Genetics McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Genome Quebec Innovation Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Maxime Barakatt McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Christopher R. Gignoux Department of Genetics Stanford University School of Medicine,…

  • Filipino Americans: Blending Cultures, Redefining Race Code Switch: Race and Identity, Remixed National Public Radio 2016-05-24 Renee Montagne, Host There are over 3 million people of Filipino heritage living in the U.S., and many say they relate better to Latino Americans than other Asian American groups. In part, that can be traced to the history…

  • Spotlight: Beneath Japan’s polite veneer lies secret codes of racial hatred aimed at minorities, foreigners China.org.cn (China Internet Information Center) State Council Information Office and the China International Publishing Group (CIPG), Beijing, China 2016-05-21 Xinhua News Agency Is Japan a gentle nation? For many people who have little knowledge about the island country or just…

  • Brown Is the New White: How the Demographic Revolution Has Created a New American Majority The New Press January 2016 272 pages 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-62097-115-4 Steve Phillips A New York Times bestseller, Brown Is the New White takes an unvarnished look at the history of whites and people of color…

  • “One Drop of Love”: The Keynote Performance for the Mixed Heritage Conference at UCLA University of California, Los Angeles James West Alumni Center 325 Westwood Plaza Los Angeles, California 90095 Saturday, 2016-04-30 14:30-16:00 PDT (Local Time) Join us for some or all of this enlightening and affirming conference. One Drop will start at 2:30 pm…

  • Beyond Black and White: Biracial Attitudes in Contemporary U.S. Politics American Political Science Review Volume 110 / Issue 01 / February 2016 pages 52-67 DOI: 10.1017/S0003055415000556 Lauren D. Davenport, Assistant Professor of Political Science Stanford University The 2000 U.S. census was the first in which respondents were permitted to self-identify with more than one race.…

  • Multiracial families socially excluded The Korean Times 2016-04-26 Kim Bo-eun Multiracial family members in Korea have become more stabilized but continue to feel isolated due to obstacles in building relationships with locals, a survey shows. According to a Statistics Korea’s survey of 17,849 multiracial households here, more immigrant brides and naturalized Koreans have trouble befriending…