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  • Multiracial Residents Are Changing the Face of the US

    John Minchillo The Associated Press The number of Americans who identified as more than one race nearly doubled to 13.5 million people between 2010 and 2020, and did double or more in 34 states and the District of Columbia, a Stateline analysis of census figures shows.

  • The meaning and measurement of race in the U.S. census: Glimpses into the future

    The meaning and measurement of race in the U.S. census: Glimpses into the future Demography Volume 37, Number 3 (August 2000) pages 381-393 DOI: 10.2307/2648049 Charles Hirschman, Boeing International Professor of Sociology and Professor of Public Affaris University of Washington Richard Alba, Distinguished Professor (Emeritus) of Sociology Co-Director of The Center for the Elimination of…

  • Identifying with Multiple Races: A Social Movement that Succeeded but Failed?

    Identifying with Multiple Races: A Social Movement that Succeeded but Failed? PSC Research Report (Report No. 01-491) The Population Studies Center (PSC) at the University of Michigan 2004 33 pages Reynolds Farley, Research Professor Emeritus University of Michigan Population Studies Center at the Institute for Social Research Prior to the 1960s, civil rights organizations sought…

  • 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…

  • New Challenges in Measuring Race in the United States

    New Challenges in Measuring Race in the United States 2010 National Conference on Health Statistics Omni Shorem Hotel, Washington, D.C. 2010-08-17 46 pages/slides Reynolds Farley, Research Professor Emeritus University of Michigan Population Studies Center at the Institute for Social Research The Multiracial Movement of the 1990s [page/slide 2] After Census 1990, a small social movement…

  • The New Race Question: How the Census Counts Multiracial Individuals

    The New Race Question: How the Census Counts Multiracial Individuals Russell Sage Foundation October 2002 391 pages Hardcover: ISBN-13: 978-0-87154-657-9, ISBN-10: 0-87154-657-4 Paperback: ISBN-13: 978-0-87154-658-6, ISBN-10: 0-87154-658-2 Edited by Joel Perlmann, Senior Scholar and Program Director Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Mary C. Waters, M.E. Zukerman Professor of Sociology Harvard University The change in…

  • The Multiple Race Population: Is it Increasing or Decreasing?

    The Multiple Race Population: Is it Increasing or Decreasing? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Montreal Convention Center Montreal, Quebec, Canada 2006-08-11 15 pages Reynolds Farley, Research Professor Emeritus Population Studies Center and Sociology Department University of Michigan A vibrant social movement developed in the 1990s, argued that many Americans…