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Lee, Jennifer; Bean, Frank D. – Social Forces, 2007
Contemporary nonwhite immigration from Latin America and Asia, increasing racial/ethnic intermarriage, and the growing number of multiracial individuals has made the black-white color line now seem anachronistic in America, consequently raising the question of whether today's color line is evolving in new directions toward either a white-nonwhite…
Descriptors: Racial Differences, African American Students, Foreign Countries, Self Concept
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Spickard, Paul R.; Fong, Rowena – Social Forces, 1995
Draws on survey data, interviews, and the literature to analyze features of Pacific Islander American multiethnic identity. This identity is situational; individuals commonly simplify their ethnicity in practical living; and multiethnic and single-ancestry persons are admitted to group membership on similar bases (ancestry, family, practice, and…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Ethnicity, Family Relationship, Group Membership
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Xie, Yu; Goyette, Kimberly – Social Forces, 1997
In a 1990 census sample of 7,808 biracial children with one Asian parent, 38.8% were identified as Asian, indicating that racial identification of these children is highly optional. Children's identification as Asian was related to awareness of cultural heritage (assimilation factors, parent educational level), as well as factors unique to various…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Asian Americans, Biculturalism, Children