In this article, I review the social science literature on racial fluidity, the idea that race is
flexible and impermanent. I trace the ongoing evolution of racial classifications and …

Multiracial individuals report that the social pressure of having to “choose” one of their racial
groups is a primary source of psychological conflict. Yet because of their ability to maneuver …

Mixed‐race individuals often encounter situations in which their identities are a source of
tension, particularly when expressions of multiracial and biracial identity are not supported …

Multiracial individuals represent a growing segment of the population and have been
increasingly the focus of empirical study. Much of this research centers on the perception …

To date, research has primarily used a singular identity framework for investigating how
social identity shapes behavior. Thus, research has also largely ignored the role that having …

Research on multiracial categorization has focused on majority group social perceivers (ie,
White Americans), demonstrating that they (a) typically categorize Black–White multiracials …

According to the US Census, the multiracial population grew 276 percent between 2010 and
2020 and now represents 10.2 percent of the national population. Some believe that norms …

Two studies investigated how people define and perceive diversity in the historically majority-
group dominated contexts of business and academia. We hypothesized that individuals …

Racial minorities will soon outnumber white Americans in the US Prior research suggests
that this demographic shift is likely to increase white peoples' feelings of threat and anti …

Twenty years ago, Multiracial Americans completed the US Census with the option to
indicate more than one race for the first time. As we embark on the second anniversary of …