Why Race Policy must include Multiracial Americans |
Why Race Policy must include Multiracial Americans
Policy Press Blog at the University of Bristol
2016-01-27
Kathleen Odell Korgen, Professor of Sociology
William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey
Today’s guest blog by Kathleen Odell Korgen, whose book Race policy and multi-racial Americans published this month, examines the much overlooked issue of including multiracial Americans in policy making and explains why this oversight must stop.
Americans who identify as multiracial comprise approximately 7 percent of the U.S. population. With a growth rate three times that the rest of the population, this percentage will rise quickly (U.S. Census Bureau 2012; Frey 2014; Pew Research Center 2015).
One would never know this, however, by viewing the nation’s race policies. A look at policies across a variety of areas, including public school curricula, health policy, and prison regulations, reveals little trace of the existence of growing numbers of Americans who identify as multiracial…
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