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  • In a first, black voter turnout rate passes whites

    In a first, black voter turnout rate passes whites Associated Press 2013-04-29 Hope Yen WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s blacks voted at a higher rate than other minority groups in 2012 and by most measures surpassed the white turnout for the first time, reflecting a deeply polarized presidential election in which blacks strongly supported Barack Obama…

  • Decline In U.S. Whites, Rise Of Latinos Blurring Traditional Racial Lines

    Decline In U.S. Whites, Rise Of Latinos Blurring Traditional Racial Lines The Huffington Post 2013-03-17 Hope Yen The Associated Press Associated Press writers Elaine Ganley in Montfermeil, France, Jenny Barchfield in Rio de Janeiro and Michelle Rindels in Las Vegas contributed to this report. WASHINGTON — Welcome to the new off-white America. A historic decline…

  • US stopping use of term ‘Negro’ for census surveys

    US stopping use of term ‘Negro’ for census surveys The Associated Press 2013-02-25 Hope Yen WASHINGTON (AP) — After more than a century, the Census Bureau is dropping its use of the word “Negro” to describe black Americans in surveys. Instead of the term that came into use during the Jim Crow era of racial…

  • Interracial marriage in US hits new high: 1 in 12

    Interracial marriage in US hits new high: 1 in 12 The Miami Herald 2012-02-16 Hope Yen, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Interracial marriages in the U.S. have climbed to 4.8 million—a record 1 in 12—as a steady flow of new Asian and Hispanic immigrants expands the pool of prospective spouses. Blacks are now substantially more likely…

  • AP Exclusive: Many resist census race labels

    AP Exclusive: Many resist census race labels Miami Herald 2012-01-31 Hope Yen, Associated Press WASHINGTON — When the 2010 census asked people to classify themselves by race, more than 21.7 million – at least 1 in 14 – went beyond the standard labels and wrote in such terms as “Arab,” “Haitian,” “Mexican” and “multiracial.” The…

  • Interracial marriage still rising in U.S.

    Interracial marriage still rising in U.S. Associated Press 2010-05-26 Hope Yen, Associated Press Writer About 8 percent of U.S. marriages are mixed-race WASHINGTON – Melting pot or racial divide? The growth of interracial marriages is slowing among U.S.-born Hispanics and Asians. Still, blacks are substantially more likely than before to marry whites. The number of…