Mixed: An Anthology of Short Fiction on the Multiracial Experience Allen B. Downey ISBN13: 9781599946405

ISBN13: 9781599946405

But strangest of all is the inescapable fact that all these troubling occurrences directly cor-respond to the changes little Mary has made to the miniature town in their basement

In the same tender

Theirs is not a world with sunshine and roses

Mixed: An Anthology of Short Fiction on the Multiracial Experience Allen B. Downey ISBN13: 9781599946405Globally, the number of multiracial people is exploding. In 10 US states, the percentage of multiracial residents who are of school age between 5 and 17 is at least 25 percent. In California alone, it is estimated that 15 percent of all births are multiracial or multiethnic. Despite these numbers, mixed race people have long struggled for a distinct place on the identity map. It was only as recently as 2000 that the U. S. Census Bureau began to allow