Beyond FACTS: “Black? White? Asian? More Young Americans Choose All of the Above”

The New York Times article “Black? White? Asian? More Young Americans Choose All of the Above” is loaded with fantastic, insightful quotes from college students of mixed-race heritage. To get a glimpse of what many Americans of mixed-race heritage face on a daily basis, read this article and then read it again. It’s an eye-opener.

And it offers up a few statistics that may surprise some:

--Approximately one in seven new marriages in the U.S. is between spouses of different races or ethnicities

--Multiracial/multiethnic Americans represent one of the country’s fastest-growing demographic groups

--Experts expect 2010 census results—due to be released within weeks—to show a continuation and possibly an acceleration of these trends

What will really stick with you, however, are the heartfelt messages that reveal these students’ life-long struggles to come to terms with their identities...and their hopes for a more accepting future for all Americans despite the heritage—or heritages—they choose to claim.