Mixed Race Studies

Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.

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  • Hispanic Identity Fades Across Generations as Immigrant Connections Fall Away

    11% of American adults with Hispanic ancestry do not identify as Hispanic

  • Afro-Latino: A deeply rooted identity among U.S. Hispanics

    Afro-Latino: A deeply rooted identity among U.S. Hispanics Pew Research Center Washington, D.C. 2016-03-01 Gustavo López, Research Assistant Ana Gonzalez-Barrera, Research Associate Identity for U.S. Hispanics is multidimensional and multifaceted. For example, many Hispanics tie their identity to their ancestral countries of origin – Mexico, Cuba, Peru or the Dominican Republic. They may also look…

  • ‘Mestizo’ and ‘mulatto’: Mixed-race identities among U.S. Hispanics

    ‘Mestizo’ and ‘mulatto’: Mixed-race identities among U.S. Hispanics Pew Research Center 2015-07-10 Ana Gonzalez-Barrera, Research Associate For many Americans, the term “mixed race” brings to mind a biracial experience of having one parent black and another white, or perhaps one white and the other Asian. But for many U.S. Latinos, mixed-race identity takes on a…

  • 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…