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  • A Longitudinal Study of Migration Propensities for Mixed Ethnic Unions in England and Wales

    A Longitudinal Study of Migration Propensities for Mixed Ethnic Unions in England and Wales The Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) Bonn, Germany Discussion Paper No. 6394 February 2012 21 pages Zhiqiang Feng, Research Fellow University of St. Andrews Maarten van Ham, Professor of Urban Renewal Delft University of Technology and IZA Paul Boyle,…

  • Black people ‘least satisfied of UK population’

    Black people ‘least satisfied of UK population’ BBC News 2012-02-28 Black and mixed-ethnic Britons are less satisfied with their lives on average than the UK population as a whole, a survey suggests. Some 80,000 people across the UK, polled by the Office for National Statistics, produced an average life satisfaction rating of 7.4 out of…

  • Multiracial Americans: Racial Identity Choices and Implications for the Collection of Race Data

    Multiracial Americans: Racial Identity Choices and Implications for the Collection of Race Data Sociology Compass Volume 6, Issue 4, April 2012 pages 316–331 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9020.2011.00454.x Nikki Khanna, Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Vermont In 2010, approximately nine million Americans self-identified with more than one race on the U.S. Census – a 32 percent increase…

  • 2010 Census Shows Asians are Fastest-Growing Race Group

    2010 Census Shows Asians are Fastest-Growing Race Group United States Census Bureau 2012-03-21 The U.S. Census Bureau today released a 2010 Census brief, The Asian Population: 2010 [PDF], that shows the Asian population grew faster than any other race group over the last decade. The population that identified as Asian, either alone or in combination…

  • Making sense of ‘mixture’: states and the classification of ‘mixed’ people

    Making sense of ‘mixture’: states and the classification of ‘mixed’ people Ethnic and Racial Studies Avaiable online: 2012-02-01 9 pages DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2012.648650 Miri Song, Professor of Sociology University of Kent, United Kingdom Diversity and the growth of ‘mixed’ people In many Western multi-ethnic societies, and increasingly in non-Western societies, ‘super-diversity’ has emerged as a major…

  • Catholic records of slave baptisms in colonial New Orleans go online

    Catholic records of slave baptisms in colonial New Orleans go online New Orleans Times-Picayune 2011-02-01 Bruce Nolan, Beat Reporter On Sunday, the 6th of May, 1798, an enslaved New Orleans woman named only Manon, owned by Mr. LeBlanc, presented her 2-year-old child, Antoine Joseph, at St. Louis Cathedral on the Plaza de Armas to be…

  • Educational Inequality by Race in Brazil, 1982–2007: Structural Changes and Shifts in Racial Classification

    Educational Inequality by Race in Brazil, 1982–2007: Structural Changes and Shifts in Racial Classification Demography Volume 49, Number 1 (February 2012) pages 337-358 DOI: 10.1007/s13524-011-0084-6 Leticia J. Marteleto, Assistant Professor of Sociology Population Research Center University of Texas, Austin Despite overwhelming improvements in educational levels and opportunity during the past three decades, educational disadvantages associated…

  • Survey reveals half of children of migrants families feel ‘white British’

    Survey reveals half of children of migrants families feel ‘white British’ Daily Mail 2012-03-08 Steve Doughty More than half the children of immigrant families now count themselves as both white and British, a survey revealed yesterday. The findings show that more than one in six of those people who call themselves white British were in…

  • AMST 294-03 Mixed Race America: Identity, Culture, and Politics

    AMST 294-03  Mixed Race America: Identity, Culture, and Politics Macalester College Saint Paul, Minnesota Spring 2012 SooJin Pate This course is an introduction to the animating debates, themes, and issues in Critical Mixed Race Studies. Utilizing critical race theory and postcolonial analysis, we will examine the identities and experiences of multiracial or mixed race people,…

  • Interracial marriages deserve equal respect

    Interracial marriages deserve equal respect The Daily Gamecock University of South Carolina 2012-02-29 Lauren Stefan Intolerance within certain racial groups inhibits progress, increases divorce rates Figures released in February reveal that the number of interracial marriages in America has increased in recent years. The new percentage is just over 8 percent, a large jump from…