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  • Hawaii is home to the nation’s largest share of multiracial Americans

    Hawaii is home to the nation’s largest share of multiracial Americans Pew Research Center 2015-06-17 Jens Manuel Krogstad, Writer/Editor, Hispanic Trends Project The number of multiracial Americans is growing nationwide, but in Hawaii, it’s nothing new. The Rainbow State – with its history of attracting immigrants from Asia and other parts of the world to…

  • America’s ‘Postracial’ Fantasy

    America’s ‘Postracial’ Fantasy The New York Times Magazine 2015-06-30 Anna Holmes Illustration by Javier Jaén For millions of mixed-race people, identity fits more than one box, but we still see one another in black and white. On Father’s Day, my dad and I had brunch with some close friends of mine. The conversation soon turned…

  • America’s largest multiracial group doesn’t think of itself that way

    America’s largest multiracial group doesn’t think of itself that way Vox 2015-06-18 Jenée Desmond-Harris People who have both white and Native American heritage make up America’s biggest multiracial group. But they’re the least likely to embrace the label. This is one of the findings of a Pew Research Center study that took an incredibly detailed…

  • Census considers new approach to asking about race – by not using the term at all

    Census considers new approach to asking about race – by not using the term at all Pew Research Center 2015-06-18 D’Vera Cohn, Senior Writer/Editor Possible 2020 census race/Hispanic question for online respondents, who would click to the next screen to choose more detailed sub-categories such as “Cuban” or “Chinese.” Credit: U.S. Census Bureau The Census…

  • Study illuminates why multiracial Americans almost never call themselves white

    Study illuminates why multiracial Americans almost never call themselves white Vox 2015-06-15 Jenée Desmond-Harris Look up any article about President Obama that focuses on his role as the first black president. Go ahead, do it now. Scroll down to the comments. I promise you, you’ll find earnest inquiries asking why the president is considered black…

  • Is being Hispanic a matter of race, ethnicity or both?

    Is being Hispanic a matter of race, ethnicity or both? Pew Research Center 2015-06-15 Ana Gonzalez-Barrera, Research Associate Mark Hugo Lopez, Director of Hispanic Research When it comes to reporting their racial identity, Latinos stand out from other Americans. In the 2010 census, for example, 94% of the U.S. population selected at least one of…

  • How Census Race Categories Have Changed Over Time

    How Census Race Categories Have Changed Over Time Pew Research Center 2015-06-10 Explore the different race, ethnicity and origin categories used in the U.S. decennial census, from the first one in 1790 to the latest count in 2010. The category names often changed in a reflection of current politics, science and public attitudes. For example,…

  • Pew: Multiracial Americans Now Make Up 7% Of Population

    Pew: Multiracial Americans Now Make Up 7% Of Population Wisconsin Public Radio Thursday, 2015-06-11, 16:35 CDT Aliya Saperstein, Assistant Professor of Sociology Stanford University Jennifer Sims, Adjunct Visiting Professor of Sociology University of Wisconsin, River Falls According to Census data, only about 2 percent of Americans consider themselves to be multiracial, but a new report…

  • Report Says Census Undercounts Mixed Race

    Report Says Census Undercounts Mixed Race The New York Times 2015-06-11 Richard Pérez-Peña, National Desk The number of American adults with mixed-race backgrounds is three times what official census figures indicate, and the figure is rising fast, according to a survey released Thursday. But most do not call themselves multiracial. The Pew Research Center survey…

  • The Myth of a White Minority

    The Myth of a White Minority 2015-06-11 Richard Alba, Distinguished Professor of Sociology City University of New York Graduate Center IN 2012, the Census Bureau announced that nonwhite births exceeded white births for the first time. In 2013, it noted that more whites were dying than were being born. In March, it projected that non-Hispanic…