Multiracial Identity

Multiracial Identity

Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Season 1, Episode 1620 , Segment 5

Flag Day, Sewer Water Recycling, Multiracial Identity

Episode: Flag Day, Sewer Water Recycling, Multiracial Identity

  • Jun 14, 2021 8:00 pm
  • 17:05 mins

People who’ve taken one of those DNA ancestry tests are a lot more likely to start identifying themselves as multiracial on surveys. This poses a conundrum for researchers who study race and discrimination. Professor of sociology at Stanford University Aliya Saperstein says it also raises some interesting questions about how we define race.