Monday, November 9, 2009

Mixed Race Americans Picture A 'Blended Nation'


November 8, 2009
National Public Radio

The 2000 U.S. census was the first to give Americans the option to check more than one box for race. Nearly 7 million people declared themselves to be multiracial that year, a number that's expected to shoot up in the 2010 count. As more of the nation's population identifies itself as being of mixed race, the authors of a new book say Americans' traditional ideas of racial identity are in for a challenge...

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