Blacks Split on Disclosing Multiracial Roots / Eric Schmitt.
by Schmitt, Eric; Belsie, Laurent; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 26Human Relations. Publisher: New York Times, 2001; Christian Science Monitor (United Media), 2001ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Census | Population -- Statistics | Discrimination in housing | Race -- Classification | Race relations | Racially mixed people | Mississippi | OklahomaDDC classification: 050 Summary: BLACKS SPLIT ON DICLOSING MULTIRACIAL ROOTS -- This article, fueled by multiracial responses to the 2000 census, examines Mississippi and Oklahoma, states with the lowest and highest multiracial response rates, respectively. "A look at these two places with thriving African-American communities underscores how much the concept of race is influenced by recent memories of segregation and oppression, levels of integration and different views of history." (NEW YORK TIMES)Summary: ETHNIC DIVERSITY GROWS, BUT NOT INTEGRATION -- "The United States is becoming steadily more ethnically diverse. But it's also as segregated as ever." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article describes how, despite its ethnic diversity, America still remains highly segregated by race.
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This MARC record contains two articles.
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002.
Originally Published: Blacks Split on Disclosing Multiracial Roots, March 31, 2001; pp. A1+.
Originally Published: Ethnic Diversity Grows, but Not Integration, March 14, 2001; pp. 1+.
BLACKS SPLIT ON DICLOSING MULTIRACIAL ROOTS -- This article, fueled by multiracial responses to the 2000 census, examines Mississippi and Oklahoma, states with the lowest and highest multiracial response rates, respectively. "A look at these two places with thriving African-American communities underscores how much the concept of race is influenced by recent memories of segregation and oppression, levels of integration and different views of history." (NEW YORK TIMES)
ETHNIC DIVERSITY GROWS, BUT NOT INTEGRATION -- "The United States is becoming steadily more ethnically diverse. But it's also as segregated as ever." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article describes how, despite its ethnic diversity, America still remains highly segregated by race.
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