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AS OUR COUNTRY BECOMES MORE MULTIRACIAL, ARE WE BECOMING MORE

TOLERANT AND ACCEPTING?

Multiracial America

What is 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

The people of America hail from all over the world and all walks of life. No one “owns” America, we are all immigrants.

Our Country is Heterogeneous.

History

• "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to

breathe free, the wretched refuse of your

teeming shore. Send these, the homeless,

tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the

golden door."

History

What is race?

Pilgrims & Native Americans

The true Native Americans were persecuted and thought of to be “racially inferior”.

Revolutionary War: Fought to gain

America’s freedom and Independence.

The freedom and rights of all non whites was Achieved.

Civil War:

Fought to Free the Slaves in America

“We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though

passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic cords of memory will

swell when again touched as surely they will be by the better angels of

our nature.”

Early Immigration:

WARS!!!

WWI

WWII

Vietnam

Korean War

Desert Storm

September 11, 2001

Race Race does not exist in nature. Race is “social concept”, normally used in order

to discriminate. Race cannot even be definitively determined

biologically. "People who have lived in the same geographic region for many generations may have some alleles in common, but no allele will be found in all members of one population and in no members of any other.“ (Human Genome Project)

The primary indicator of race has primarily been skin color. “Whiteness gives us status.”

Certain physical traits have been recognized to determine race.

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.

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 Multi

Racial That means 6.8 Million people reported being of mixed decent, even though it is believed to be more.

Most people record whatever the race they feel they “identify” with.

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.

Every State has a Multi Racial population.

APOLO ANTON OHNO

Caucasian American

Japanese

Olympic Gold medalist; Skater

FAITH EVANS

Mother: African-American

Father: Italian-American

Singer

PHYLICIA RASHAD

Actress, Model

Mother: African-American

Father: Cherokee Indian

LENNY KRAVITZ

Mother: African-American, West Indian

Father: Russian-Jewish descent

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: Italian

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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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.

We are all the same underneath. WE ARE ALL EQUALS.

Ways to combat racism.

Educate. Face our reluctance to discuss race. Let children lead the way. Confront and 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.

Change is all of our Responsibility.

There is a Light at the End of The Tunnel