US Census: Rationalizing Race in US History |
US Census: Rationalizing Race in US History
Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations
Brooklyn Historical Society, Othmer Library
Brooklyn, New York
2013-04-18, 19:00-21:00 EDT (Local Time)
View the full video of the event here.
What boxes do you mark on the U.S. Census to describe your heritage?
Prior to the year 2000, multiracial people could only check one box in the Race category of the U.S. Census. Now, according to the 2010 U.S. Census, multiracial Americans are the fastest growing demographic group.
Speakers
- Nicholas A. Jones, chief of the U.S. Census Bureau’s Racial Statistics Branch in the Population Division
- Ann Morning, Associate Professor of Sociology, New York University, author of The Nature of Race and “Toward a Sociology of Racial Conceptualization for the 21st Century”
- Josh Begley, creator of Racebox.org, an online archive of U.S. Census forms from 1790 to the present
- Jonathan Soma, creator of A Handsome Atlas, a new digital way to explore US Statistical Atlases of the 19th Century
Moderated by Eric Hamako, doctoral candidate in Social Justice Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
This event is part of Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations, an oral history project and public programming series, which examines the history and experiences of mixed-heritage people and families, cultural hybridity, race, ethnicity, and identity.
View the full video of the event here. View photographs from the event here.
Tags: Ann Morning, Brooklyn Historical Society, Eric Hamako, Jonathan Soma, Josh Begley, Nicholas A. Jones