Today’s NY Times reports on the growing US trend toward multi-racial identities.
One in seven new marriages is between spouses of different races or ethnicities, according to data from 2008 and 2009 that was analyzed by the Pew Research Center. Multiracial and multiethnic Americans (usually grouped together as “mixed race”) are one of the country’s fastest-growing demographic groups. And experts expect the racial results of the 2010 census, which will start to be released next month, to show the trend continuing or accelerating.
It is a challenging trend for young multi-racials who want to honor both or all of their heritages rather than being pigeonholed into stereotypes or pedigrees.
Could this be a key factor influencing a movement toward the appreciation of rich personal narratives rather than narratives we impose on others?
