{"id":61298,"date":"2021-08-20T23:10:40","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T23:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=61298"},"modified":"2021-08-20T23:10:41","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T23:10:41","slug":"the-multiracial-identity-revolution-among-u-s-latinos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=61298","title":{"rendered":"The multiracial identity revolution among U.S. Latinos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/multiracial-identity-us-latinos-black-indigenous-75f68985-3376-4b23-912d-8aeac4e57786.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>The multiracial identity revolution among U.S. Latinos<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a><br \/>\n2021-08-19<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/RussContreras\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Russell Contreras<\/strong><\/a>, Justice and Race Reporter<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yacob_reyes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Yacob Reyes<\/strong><\/a>, Newsdesk Reporter<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"550\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/multiracial-identity-us-latinos-black-indigenous-75f68985-3376-4b23-912d-8aeac4e57786.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.axios.com\/Yxrct14uZ_uU3fXy-Lc2-J5Wp5w=\/0x235:3760x2350\/1920x1080\/2021\/08\/13\/1628883641830.jpg\" width=\"550\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<small>A &#8220;Stand Up and Be Counted&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Census_Bureau\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. census<\/a> rally for Latinos in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Langley_Park%2C_Maryland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Langley Park, Md<\/a>. <em>Photo: Ricky Carioti\/The Washington Post via Getty Images<\/em><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The number of U.S. Latinos identifying as multiracial soared during the last decade, while those identifying as solely white dropped significantly, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/census-data-release-diversity-redistricting-cities-2c211d58-661e-47ae-bde1-3725b19d892c.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">latest census<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why it matters:<\/strong> The dramatic shift in racial identity among Latinos came after the census offered more options in 2020, giving Latinos the opportunity to officially embrace Indigenous and Black backgrounds&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Read the entire article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/multiracial-identity-us-latinos-black-indigenous-75f68985-3376-4b23-912d-8aeac4e57786.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The dramatic shift in racial identity among Latinos came after the census offered more options in 2020, giving Latinos the opportunity to officially embrace Indigenous and Black backgrounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,33,14646,8,26,20],"tags":[31750,31751,31752],"class_list":["post-61298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-census","category-latino","category-media-archive","category-politics","category-usa","tag-axios","tag-russell-contreras","tag-yacob-reyes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61298"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61300,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61298\/revisions\/61300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}