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  • Number of biracial babies soars over past decade

    Number of biracial babies soars over past decade The Washington Post 2012-04-26 Carol Morello, Demographics Reporter The number of mixed-race babies has soared over the past decade, new census data show, a result of more interracial couples and a cultural shift in how many parents identify their children in a multiracial society. More than 7…

  • Who is George Zimmerman?

    Who is George Zimmerman? The Washington Post 2012-03-23 Manuel Roig-Franzia Tom Jackman Darryl Fears The shooter was once a Catholic altar boy — with a surname that could have been Jewish. His father is white, neighbors say. His mother is Latina. And his family is eager to point out that some of his relatives are…

  • Intermarriage rates soar as stereotypes fall

    Intermarriage rates soar as stereotypes fall The Washington Post 2012-02-16 Carol Morello Virginia leads the nation in the percentage of marriages between blacks and whites, a new study by the Pew Research Center shows, barely four decades after state laws criminalizing interracial marriage were struck down by the Supreme Court. And one in five new…

  • Virginia’s Caroline County, ‘Symbolic of Main Street USA’

    Virginia’s Caroline County, ‘Symbolic of Main Street USA’ The Washington Post 2012-02-10 Carol Morello Bowling Green, Va. — Only a few easily overlooked markers note the importance of Mildred and Richard Loving in Caroline County, where five decades ago the sheriff rousted the white man and his black bride from their bed and carted them…

  • Obama’s story resonates in racially diverse Brazil

    Obama’s story resonates in racially diverse Brazil Washington Post 2011-03-18 Juan Forero, Staff Writer RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil is a big gumbo of ethnicities, its people proud of their diversity and confident their country is among the most tolerant of nations. But this country—a leading center of black culture—has never had a black president.…

  • DNA Is Only One Way to Spell Identity

    DNA Is Only One Way to Spell Identity The Washington Post 2006-01-01 W. Ralph Eubanks Every year,” I once overheard my father say jokingly to a friend, “thousands of Negroes disappear.” I remember my 8-year-old imagination going into overdrive, picturing people zapped from their homes in the middle of the night. It was only as…

  • Danielle Evans, an author straddling racial divides

    Danielle Evans, an author straddling racial divides Washington Post 2010-10-07 DeNeen L. Brown, Staff Writer It is the tale of a biracial girl who is sent by her mother one summer to visit her white grandmother. But the grandmother immediately disapproves of her daughter’s child with the brown skin and long, curly hair. “If I…

  • In multiracial America, the census puts us in a box

    In multiracial America, the census puts us in a box Washington Post 2010-03-21 Susan Straight, Professor of Creative Writing University of California, Riverside I received the census form in the mail last week, and I was ready. A vaguely admonitory letter from the Census Bureau had arrived the week before, urging me to fill out…