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Census Bureau Reduces Multiracial Population

multiracial2020-01-21T06:30:43+00:00January 21st, 2020|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 21, 2020 Susan Graham Project RACE Email: susangraham@projectrace.com CENSUS BUREAU REDUCES MULTIRACIAL POPULATION San Joaquin Valley, CA -The United States Census Bureau has chosen to exclude the multiracial group from the 2020 Census by giving false instructions to biracial people who call or email the bureau for direction on how to fill out their census forms. They also have excluded the group from all marketing and advertising material, unlike they have done for every other racial and ethnic group. If a multiracial person does not [...]

It’s Famous Friday!

multiracial2020-01-10T12:28:39+00:00January 10th, 2020|

Happy Friday Everyone. This week we are taking a look inside the life of teen actress and musical artist, Isabela Moner. Isabela was born in Cleveland, Ohio to Katherine Moner (Peruvian) and Patrick Moner (Caucasian). Isabela’s main language is Spanish, but she also speaks English. Additionally, she claims to have learned some Peruvian for her role in Dora and the Lost City of Gold. Isabela says that performing has been a passion of hers from a young age, starting community theatre at only six. Her first major Broadway [...]

It’s Famous Friday!

multiracial2020-01-02T18:28:19+00:00January 2nd, 2020|

Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback Happy new year! As we celebrate the dawn of a new decade, our country eagerly and anxiously looks toward another presidential election year. Since the time of Reconstruction, people of color have impacted our country’s legislation on a state and federal level. This Famous Friday feature focuses on one early influencer by the name of Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback, or P.B.S. Pinchback as most commonly seen in historical references. Pinchback was born in Macon, Georgia, in 1837, to William Pinchback a white planter, and Eliza Stewart, [...]

Think About This

multiracial2020-09-29T04:57:26+00:00December 30th, 2019|

How Racial Data Gets 'Cleaned' in the U.S. Census The national survey offers more identity choices than ever—until those choices get scrubbed away. An Object Lesson. Robyn Autry The 2010 United States Census allowed 63 possible responses for race.Ross D. Franklin / AP At a doctor’s visit, on a college-admissions application, or even in a consumer-marketing survey, Americans are regularly asked to classify themselves by race. Some protest this request by “declining to answer,” as forms often allow. After all, racial categories are social constructs. They don’t connote biological or [...]

It’s Famous Friday!

multiracial2019-12-27T10:52:08+00:00December 27th, 2019|

Jillian Graham - “Tiny Jag” Tiny Jag is a biracial American rapper. Her legal name is Jillian Graham. She reported in grade school she felt like an outsider because of her ethnicity. She was raised in a bi-racial family in the Detroit area and stated her black peers expected her to embody the characteristics of an “inner-city” kid. “I was just confused and I thought, well maybe not fitting in is an identity in and of itself.” She now holds a master’s in criminal justice and sociology, and choices [...]

Gift Idea!

multiracial2019-12-19T21:03:55+00:00December 19th, 2019|

Gift Idea! Still looking for that perfect holiday gift? Born Biracial: How One Mother Took on Race in America makes the ideal gift book. Buy it now from Amazon.com

What Nelson Mandela Fought For

multiracial2019-12-13T09:16:07+00:00December 13th, 2019|

World of Weddings: Marriage of mixed-race couple in South Africa is "exactly what Nelson Mandela fought for" In our weeklong series World of Weddings, we sent a team of correspondents around the globe to witness unique ceremonies and understand what marriage means in different cultures. In our third report, we take you to South Africa, where as recently as the 1980s mixed-race marriages were illegal under apartheid. Two worlds collided as the Maselas and the Daltons came together in Pretoria, South Africa, for the marriage of their children Mante and [...]

Famous Friday Sneak Peek!

multiracial2019-12-05T10:08:20+00:00December 5th, 2019|

Famous Friday: Nandi Hildebrand Happy Friday everybody. For this week’s Famous Friday, we are excited to share about teen actress, Nandi Hildebrand. We at Project RACE are proud to be partnering with Count the Nation, an initiative of USC Annenberg aiming to ensure that everyone across America knows how much census participation benefits their community. It is through this exciting and important partnership that we came to know Nandi who stars in Count the Nation’s awesome new census video (https://youtu.be/HYYG1w65U64). Nandi, whose father is Caucasian while her mother is African (Zulu), [...]

Did you forget something?

multiracial2019-12-03T09:16:13+00:00December 3rd, 2019|

You’re a busy person. Taking care of business, family, relationships, and everything else you have to accomplish is overwhelming. Sometimes we forget things. Did you forget that today is Giving Tuesday? It’s a day to give to non-profit organizations so we can run more efficiently and represent you and your families. Project RACE is the national organization responsible for making life easier for interracial families and multiracial individuals. We deal with Washington and communicate with every state in many different ways. We are not just a local group representing [...]

How to Shop Cyber Monday

multiracial2019-12-02T07:00:51+00:00December 2nd, 2019|

When you shop Cyber Monday deals at smile.amazon.com/ch/58-1999456, AmazonSmile donates to Project Race, Inc. at no cost to you!

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