A NEW TAKE ON AN OLD IDEA: Do We Need Multiracial Studies?

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Thompson, Victor
Copyright Year	2006
Abstract	Publications about multiracial identity and the multiracial population increased significantly prior to the 2000 U.S. Census. Most of these publications emerged after 1997—a significant year in the recent history of studies on the multiracial population, as this was the year the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) established new guidelines for collecting data on race, allowing people to choose more than one race (Office of Management and Budget 1997 ). It quickly became evident that this change in how the federal government tallies race was a significant event that merited the attention of academics. This surge in research on multiracial identity and the multiracial movement reflected, on the one hand, a push by multiracial advocates for more attention to the complexities of “being multiracial” and, on the other hand, a group of scholars interested in understanding the unfolding of these events.
Starting Page	437
Ending Page	447
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
DOI	10.1017/S1742058X06060280
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://faculty.unlv.edu/spencer/thompson_review.pdf
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742058X06060280
Volume Number	3
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article