Category: Census/Demographics

  • Beauty queen brings light to Japan’s racial issues CBS News 2015-04-13 Walking through the Shibuya section of Tokyo, Ariana Miyamoto certainly turns heads — and she wants to use that attention to change attitudes. When Miyamoto was crowned Miss Universe Japan in March, selected by a panel of seven Japanese judges, her surprise on stage…

  • The Afro-Latino experience in the U.S. VOXXI 2012-02-09 Rosalba Ruiz Growing up in South Los Angeles in the 1970’s, Armando Brown never thought about his multiracial identity. “When I was growing up, I was black,” Brown, a 45-year-old photojournalist, says. “It was never an issue.” The son of a creole man from New Orleans and…

  • “Hafu” Filmmaker Spotlights Bicultural Japan Nippon.com: Your Doorway to Japan 2013-12-27 Nishikura Megumi The recent film Hafu documents the lives of five bicultural Japanese. Nippon.com spoke to one of the film’s two directors, Nishikura Megumi, to learn more about the film and the motivation behind it. The number of Japanese citizens marrying foreign nationals has…

  • One Drop of Love is coming to Massachusetts and New York in April One Drop of Love: A Daughter’s Search for Her Father’s Racial Approval 2015-04-07 Photo by Jeff Lorch “What Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni brings to the table is a moving and insightful microscope to our belief that there is such a thing as race…

  • The Face of Japan Is Changing, But Some Aren’t Ready Kokatu 2015-03-13 Brian Ashcraft Eriana Miyamoto Change happens slowly in Japan, but it does happen. You wake up one day, and things that weren’t possible years ago are happening today. Nowhere is that more evident than in the woman who will represent Japan in the…

  • Mixed Heritage Week 2015: AIDE Presents: “What Are You?” Exploring Biracial and Multiracial Identity (DICE) The Ohio State University Student Life Multicultural Center, Alonso Family Room 3034 Ohio Union, 1739 N. High Street Columbus, Ohio Thursday, 2015-03-26, 20:00-21:00 EDT (Local Time) This presentation will provide an overview of the changing racial demographics in the United…

  • Diversity Week Keynote Speaker 2015: “One Drop of Love” perfomed by Fanshen DiGiovanni Cox Miami University Oxford-Armstrong Student Center Harry T. Wilks Theater 550 E. Spring Street Oxford, Ohio Thursday, 2015-03-12, 19:00-21:00 EDT (Local Time) One Drop of Love produced by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, performed by Fanshen Cox Digiovanni is a multimedia solo show that…

  • Don’t Starve the Census The New York Times 2015-03-10 The Editorial Board Some Republicans in Congress are calling for cuts to the Census Bureau’s budget that would impair the agency’s already strained ability to gather basic data. An accurate census is essential to determining the correct number of representatives from each state, the effectiveness of…

  • Projections of the Size and Composition of the U.S. Population: 2014 to 2060: Population Estimates and Projections United States Census Bureau March 2015 P25-1143 13 pages Sandra L. Colby and Jennifer M. Ortman INTRODUCTION Between 2014 and 2060, the U.S. population is projected to increase from 319 million to 417 million, reaching 400 million in 2051. The…

  • The Ins and Outs of Diversity in the Dominican Republic Latina 2015-02-26 Cindy Rodriguez In an attempt to debunk the stereotypes on what exactly a “Dominican looks like,” Twitter user UsDominicans809 posted a photo of a group of beautiful women (er, possibly models?) who are all super diverse in physical identity along with a sassy…