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MULTIRACIAL AMERICAAs our country becomes more multiracial, are we becoming
more tolerant and accepting?
Race –noun 1. a group of persons related by common descent or heredity. 2. a population so related. 3. Anthropology . a. any of the traditional divisions of humankind,
the commonest being the Caucasian, Mongoloid, and Negro, characterized by supposedly distinctive and universal physical characteristics: no longer in technical use.
b. an arbitrary classification of modern humans, sometimes, esp. formerly, based on any or a combination of various physical characteristics, as skin color, facial form, or eye shape, and now frequently based on such genetic markers as blood groups.
c. a human population partially isolated reproductively from other populations, whose members share a greater degree of physical and genetic similarity with one another than with other humans.
4. a group of tribes or peoples forming an ethnic stock: the Slavic race.
5. any people united by common history, language, cultural traits, etc
History
American people are mostly multi-ethnic descendents of various culturally distinct immigrant nationalities.
We are a country of “mutts”
History
http://www.understandingrace.com/history/index.html
http://www.understandingrace.com/lived/game/index.html
Although we can celebrate the many victories that have faced our fight against discrimination, we still live in cities towns , communities and neighborhoods that are segregated by race.
What is race?
Race
Race does not exist in nature. Race is constructed by society. Race is an indicator of differences, but
there are no biological differences between us.
The primary indicator of race has primarily been skin color. “Whiteness gives us status.”
During the 1920’s not even the color of skin guaranteed whiteness – Japanese and Irish – “not white”.
Reasons for Diversity
Immigration patterns
Interracial marriages increasing
US military presence in Asia
Most importantly Loving vs Virginia
Loving vs Virginia
Mildred Jeter and Richard Loving were married in the District of Columbia.
They moved to Virginia and were charged for violating Virginia’s ban on interracial marriage.
The judge sentenced them to one year or suspended sentence if they left the state. He said, “ Almighty God created the races, white black, yellow , malay and red and he placed them on separate continents…the fact that He separated the races means He did not intend for them to mix.”
Supreme Court overturned the decision in 1967
Thurgood Marshall
In 1967 Thurgood Marshall was only months away from appointment to the Supreme court when he suffered an indignity which today seems outrageous. He and his wife could not live in Virginia because he was black and she was Asian.
The supreme court struck down the anti-interracial laws in Virginia and 18 other states.
In 1967 these laws were not leftover scraps from an extinct era. A Gallop poll done in 1965 showed that 72 percent of Southern whites and 42 percent of Northern whites wanted to ban interracial marriages.
Eldrick Woods and wife Kultida
Fast forward to more recent times and another black and Asian couple –
Their son is Tiger Woods.
He is black and Asian , but also Chinese, white and American Indian.
Tiger has refused to be labeled and has embraced his multiracial heritage.
CensusThe 2000 census over 6.8 million Americans marked an identification with two or more races.
The 2000 census was the first census to allow respondents to choose more than one race.
2.4 percent of the United States is
multiracial Hawaii has the largest multiracial population. – 24.1 percent of its population. Alaska is second with 5.4 percent.
The five least multiracial states are Mississippi, West Virginia, Maine, Alabama, and South Carolina.
All have multiracial populations less than 1 percent
APOLO ANTON OHNO
Caucasian American
Japanese
Olympic Gold medalist; Skater
ADRIANA LIMA
French, Portuguese, Inidigenous Brazilian and Afro-Brazilian
Model
FAITH EVANS
Mother: African-American
Father: Italian-American
Recording Artist for Bad Boy Records
MAGGIE Q. Mother:
Vietnamese
Father: American of Polish, Irish, French-Canadian descent
Actress, Model
PHYLICIA RASHAD
Actress, Model
Mother: African-American
Father: Cherokee Indian
LENNY KRAVITZ
Mother: African-American, West Indian
Father: Russian-Jewish descent
PETE WENTZ
Mother: Hawaiian and Indian
Father: Caucasian
Actor, Director, Musician, lyricist.
PAULA ABDUL
Mother: French-Canadian, Jewish
Father: Syrian, Raised in Brazil
Singer, Actress, Tv show Host
Tiger Woods
Mixed African American, Chinese, and Native American ancestry.
Famous Golfer
“THE ROCK”Dwane Johnson
Samoan, Polynesian, African American
Professional Wrestler, Actor
Cameron Diaz
Mother: English, German, Cherokee
Father: Cuban
Actress
Alicia Keys
Mother: Scottish, Irish, Itallian
Father: African American
Singer, Actress
Mariah Carey
Mother: Irish American
Father: Afro-Venezuelan and African American
Singer, Actress, Tv show Host
VIN DIESEL
Father: African American
Mother:Itallian
Producer, Writer, Actor, Director
Barak Obama
Mother: English, German, Irish
Father: African
President of United States
Hypodescent – or the one drop rule
In the past Americans uncomfortable with the idea that you can be more than one thing.
One drop rule was deeply ingrained in our society.
Obama has led to some frank discussions about race (see below)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehhxGC0cd4E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtWgl1qF3Y0
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Single Race
Multi Racial
Single RaceMulti Racial
Future projections It is expected by 2050, the
majority of the US population, nearly 75 million, will identify with more than one race.
Thirty years ago it was 1-100, today it is 1-20.
What does it mean?
The multiracial individual is a visible indication of our country’s move towards acceptance not just tolerance.
As we become more integrated as a society, discussions of race may become unnecessary.
Diversity is not only about race but experiencing various perspectives, values and the thoughts they bring with them.
Ways to combat racism. Face our reluctance to discuss race. Realize that sometimes it isn’t what we
say it is what we do not say. Let children lead the way. Confront stereotyping when it occurs. Don’t wait for Heritage Days and History
months. Beyond Tolerance: Expecting Acceptance.
When they asked –Arnold Arnaff
When they askedIf I was Black or White
or what.I said:I was Black and White
and whatdifferencedid it make to them.and they said:did I have the answers
to the math problems?
and I had the answers.
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