President Obama was often lauded as our first Black president, but he might've been more accurately identified as our first mixed-race president. That he was called Black, when was actually half Caucasian, pointed to our country's complicated relationship with race. Even today, Vice-President Kamala Harris often faces confusion about her own mixed heritage. In fact, Obama and Harris may well be providing us a peek into our future. Twenty-first century Americans will look markedly different than those that came before them. Current models predict America will become a majority-minority nation by 2045. And mixed-race Americans (sometimes called "biracial," "multiracial," or "interracial"), who are growing at a rate three times as fast as the population as a whole, may play a pivotal role in that transformation. But just how might future mixed-race individuals, couples, and families reshape what has been a traditionally majority-white nation? And what challenges could they face along the way? How might they reshape American identity?
Include at least two of the following pieces in your discussion:
- "The Biracial Advantage" (Psychology Today)
- "Multiracial in America: Proud, Diverse and Growing in Numbers" (Pew Research Center)
- "My Heritage is Mixed Race. Chances Are Decent That Yours is, Too" (Daily Beast)
- "What Makes Someone Identify as Multiracial?" (FiveThirtyEight)
- "Kamala Harris is Asian and Black. That Shouldn't be Confusing in 2020—But It is to Some" (NBC News)
Required:
- MLA Style
- Approximately 300 words
- Works cited
Due: Thu 2.4
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