Redefining race and ethnicity in the Unites States

The number of young Americans with mixed race and ethnicity is rising real fast in the United States.

“Encounters with people of different race do tend to change stereotypes that people have.”

Statistics on race and ethnicity are used by government agencies to assess discrimination against minority groups.

Sims says determining ethnicity is just as problematic, but generally, it’s related to country of origin, ancestry, and shared language.

Statistics on race and ethnicity are used by government agencies to assess discrimination against minority groups.

“I think the idea that race has this kind of historical precedent; that it’s related to skin color and the kind of genes that you have and all of this sort of thing is kind of an old fashioned idea.”

“Hispanic is attached to people whose origins can be traced to countries where there was Spanish conquest, so they are Spanish-speaking countries.”

Rita, Areeb and Muneer say discrimination still exists , even among fellow students, but it’s more subtle and many times, even unintentional.

There’s been a steep rapid rise in the number of multi-racial, multi-ethnic young people now living in the United States.

“Most of the time, people assume that I’m usually Pakistani or Indian, but I’m actually Sri Lankan.”

“Hispanic is attached to people whose origins can be traced to countries where there was Spanish conquest, so they are Spanish-speaking countries.”