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  • Whites think race equality is nearer than blacks do, study finds

    Whites think race equality is nearer than blacks do, study finds The Los Angeles Times 2013-08-22 Emily Alpert Nearly half a century after Martin Luther King Jr. described his dream that someday people would be judged not by their race but by their character, whites think a colorblind society is much closer to reality than…

  • Race and the Census: The “Negro” Controversy

    Race and the Census: The “Negro” Controversy Pew Research: Social & Demographic Trends Pew Research Center 2010-01-21 D’Vera Cohn, Senior Writer The topic of racial identification on census forms has a long, fascinating history, which has generated fresh debate as the 2010 Census begins. Why, some ask, does the form include the word “Negro,” along…

  • The Rise of Intermarriage: Rates, Characteristics Vary by Race and Gender

     The Rise of Intermarriage: Rates, Characteristics Vary by Race and Gender Pew Social and Demographic Trends Pew Research Center Washington, DC 2012-02-16 56 pages Wendy Wang, Research Associate Note from Steven F. Riley: The Pew Social and Demographic Trends data is report from 2010-06-04 for the year 2008, titled “Marrying Out: One-in-Seven New U.S. Marriages is…

  • Race and Ethnicity in Society: The Changing Landscape, 3rd Edition

    Race and Ethnicity in Society: The Changing Landscape, 3rd Edition Cengage Learning 2012 480 pages ISBN-10: 1111519536; ISBN-13: 9781111519537 Edited by Elizabeth Higginbotham, Professor of Sociology, Women’s Studies, and Criminology University of Delaware Margaret L. Andersen, Edward F. and Elizabeth Goodman Rosenberg Professor of Sociology University of Delaware This engaging reader is organized in four…

  • Marrying Out: One-in-Seven New U.S. Marriages is Interracial or Interethnic

    Marrying Out: One-in-Seven New U.S. Marriages is Interracial or Interethnic Pew Research Center 2010-06-04 41 pages Paul Taylor, Project Director Pew Research Center Jeffrey S. Passel, Senior Demographer Pew Research Center Wendy Wang, Research Associate Pew Research Center Jocelyn Kiley, Research Associate Pew Research Center Gabriel Velasco, Research Analyst Pew Research Center Daniel Dockterman, Research…

  • Black Women See Fewer Black Men at the Altar

    Black Women See Fewer Black Men at the Altar The New York Times 2010-06-03 Sam Roberts It is a familiar lament of single African-American women: where are the “good” black men to marry? A new study shows that more and more black men are marrying women of other races. In fact, more than 1 in…