While reading the New York Times article on interracial marriages, I was pleasantly surprised at the census data presented. It showed an increase in interracial marriages and children living in Mississippi, which isn't something you normally think about in the South. It's good to see growth with this kind of group in the population. As we discussed in class, there are many people who are mixed races, but are forced to fit themselves to one specific group. I thought that the article Staci shared was very interesting because it also showed an increase in the recognition of people with more than one race. It said that there are still race problems in the south regarding mixed couples, but this article really showed an improvement of race relations based on the increase of people designating themselves as a mixed race.
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