Search results for multiracial identity

Social Sciences Jan 28, 2016

Daughters of interracial parents more likely than sons to identify as multiracial

Daughters of interracial parents are more likely than sons to identify as multiracial, and this is especially true for children of black-white couples, according to a new study in the February issue of the American Sociological ...

Social Sciences Oct 13, 2015

Health care, research failing to adapt to US's growing multiracial population

Multiracial people who change their racial identity from a single race to multiracial over time may be healthier than their minority peers who consistently identify as monoracial, new research suggests.

Social Sciences Sep 9, 2015

Multiracial children often identified as black

For black-white multiracial children, how others perceive them may be inconsistent with how they perceive themselves.

Social Sciences Aug 17, 2015

Racial attitudes of blacks in multiracial congregations resemble those of whites

Troubling questions about multiracial congregations' potential to address racial inequality are raised by a new national study done by researchers at Baylor University, the University of Southern California and the University ...

Social Sciences Feb 11, 2014

Racial divisions in Obama's America

In March, Northeastern University professors Amílcar Barreto and Richard D. O'Bryant will convene a score of scholars for a daylong conference on gender and identity in the age of Obama. The experts will present scholarly ...

Other Jul 19, 2013

The long history of 'Eurasian' identity

In 2001, a Time magazine story heralded a "Eurasian Invasion" in the United States, symbolized by multiethnic celebrities such as golfer Tiger Woods and model Li Jiaxin. People of mixed Asian and Western descent, the piece ...

Social Sciences Jan 3, 2013

Research uncovers how single and widowed women shaped the religious culture of colonial Latin America

(Phys.org)—University of Cincinnati research is revealing how gender and civil status shaped devotional networks in 18th century colonial Latin America, and how economically independent, single women played a key role in ...

Social Sciences Dec 12, 2012

Census: Whites no longer a majority in US by 2043

White people will no longer make up a majority of Americans by 2043, according to new census projections. That's part of a historic shift that already is reshaping the nation's schools, workforce and electorate, and is redefining ...

Social Sciences Jun 5, 2012

The Obamas and the new politics of race

With the 2012 US presidential election campaign in full swing, the meaning and significance of Barack Obama and his presidency are once again in the spotlight. Has the election of Barack Obama served as the watershed moment ...

Social Sciences Dec 26, 2011

Racial identity is changing among Latinos

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a paper published in Social Science Research, USC Dornsife’s Amon Emeka and Jody Agius Vallejo look at why many people with Latin American ancestry are not identifying themselves as Hispanic on U.S. ...

page 3 from 4