{"id":43250,"date":"2015-10-14T20:25:27","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T20:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=43250"},"modified":"2015-10-14T20:26:15","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T20:26:15","slug":"multiethnic-adults-grapple-with-questions-of-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=43250","title":{"rendered":"Multiethnic Adults Grapple With Questions of Identity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Multiethnic Adults Grapple With Questions of Identity<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

KQED News<\/a>
\nSan Francisco, California
\n2015-10-14<\/p>\n

Adizah Eghan<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

In his 1964 Nobel Prize lecture<\/a>, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.<\/a> described humanity as a \u201cworld house,\u201d filled with family of all backgrounds who must somehow learn to live with each other.<\/p>\n

Within the borders of our countries, cities and states, our own homes are increasingly becoming multi-ethnic, multiracial microcosms of the greater world house to which King refers.<\/p>\n

Today, nearly one in six newlyweds marries across racial or ethnic lines. If we continue in this direction, the U.S. Census Bureau projects that the multiracial population will triple by 2060<\/a>…<\/p>\n

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On the most recent episode of So Well Spoken<\/em><\/a>, we dove into the complex world of multiethnic families, interracial marriages and cross-cultural adoptions. How do families handle racial issues and celebrate who they are?<\/p>\n