Chapter 3: The Multiracial Identity Gap
Multiracial identity is not just the sum of the races on someone’s family tree. It’s more complicated than that.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Multiracial identity is not just the sum of the races on someone’s family tree. It’s more complicated than that.
Is race purely about the races in your family tree? Our new survey of multiracial adults suggests there’s more to racial identity that goes beyond one’s ancestry.
The multiracial experience in America is, in many ways, shaped by the composition of one’s racial background, although there are some shared experiences across multiracial groups.
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Overall, multiracial adults look similar to the general public in terms of their partisanship, ideology and views about the role of government.
Biracial adults who are white and American Indian are among the least likely of mixed-race adults to consider themselves multiracial (only 25% do). They are among the most likely to say their multiracial background has been neither an advantage nor a disadvantage.
A new Pew Research Center survey finds that the mixed-race adult population could be as much as three times what current government estimates suggest.
We released our first report on American multiracial adults, a group that comprises an estimated 6.9% of the adult population, or nearly 17 million adults. The report looks at who they are demographically, their attitudes and experiences, and the spectrum of their racial identity.
For much of its history, America has discussed race in the singular form. But the language of race is changing. Ten multiracial Americans share their views of race, identity, relationships and the future.
For multiracial adults, the intersection of race and social connections is complicated.
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