Multiracial Identity and the U.S. Census |
Multiracial Identity and the U.S. Census
ProQuest Discovery Guides
January 2010
Tyrone Nagai, Supervising Editor of Social Sciences
ProQuest
Introduction: What is Multiracial Identity?
Back on April 23, 1997, 21-year-old golfer Tiger Woods made headlines on the Oprah Winfrey Show when he described his racial background as “Cablinasian,” an abbreviation representing his “Caucasian,” “Black,” “American Indian,” and “Asian” heritage. Woods explained that he felt uncomfortable being labeled “African American,” and he was reluctant to check only one box for his racial background on school forms. His father is half African American, a quarter Chinese, and a quarter Native American while his mother is half Thai, a quarter Chinese, and a quarter Dutch…
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