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  • Multiracial Identity for the Year 2000 Census

    Multiracial Identity for the Year 2000 Census C-SPAN 1998-05-30 Panelists discussed the federal government’s recent decision to allow individuals to define their race by more than one category on the 2000 census. They discussed the implications of this decision and its effect on areas such as social program funding and political representation. Panelists also answered media questions.…

  • Black? White? Asian? More Young Americans Choose All of the Above

    Black? White? Asian? More Young Americans Choose All of the Above The New York Times 2011-01-29 Susan Saulny, National Correspondent Race Remixed: A New Sense of Identity. Articles in this series will explore the growing number of mixed-race Americans. COLLEGE PARK, Md.—In another time or place, the game of “What Are You?” that was played…

  • 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…