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exploring the history and experiences of mixed heritage persons and inter-racial relationships across the world

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A Mixed-Up History?

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A Mixed-Up History?

A new website, Mixed in Different Shades, aims to inform and educate people, particularly those of mixed heritage or involved in interracial relationships, about the history and experiences of mixed heritage people around the world.  The site and the subsequent book taps into the growing awareness and sense of identity that people of mixed heritage are experiencing, particularly in the West.

Last Updated on Thursday, 16 September 2010 14:08 Read more...
 

A Mixed Up Heritage

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Press Release – For Immediate Release

A Mixed-up Heritage?

Hidden in the recent news that numbers of ethnic minorities in the UK will grow from 8 to 20 per cent of the population in 2051 is that fact that with the ‘other white’ ethnic group growing fast and fuelled by expected high levels of immigration from Europe, Australasia and the US, the percentage of people identifying themselves as being of ‘mixed race’ is expected to grow substantially from the figure of 1.2 per cent of the population in the 2001 census to as high as 4.2 per cent.

Last Updated on Thursday, 16 September 2010 14:07 Read more...