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1   Link   Reality TV show exposes racism in China - Telegraph
The daughter of a Chinese mother and an absent African-American father, 20-year-old Lou caused a media storm when she was named one of Shanghai\'s five finalists for Let\'s Go! Oriental Angel, an American Idol-style show.
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2   Link   ‘Mixed’ History In The Making
A recent study by Leeds University that spawned a score of news stories estimated that numbers of ethnic minorities in the UK will grow from 8 to 20 per cent of the population in 2051. Apart from the ‘other white’ ethnic group which will be the 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.
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3   Link   YouTube - Mixed-race couple refused marriage ready to fight ignorance
Earlier in November, a justice of the peace in Louisiana in the U.S. has resigned, after he refused to marry a mixed-race couple. Keith Bardwell came under strong criticism in the state, where race has long been a contentious issue. RTs Priya Shrider went to meet the couple struggling for their right to be together
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4   Link   Care couple missing with mixed heritage boy, four.
An inter-racial couple and the mixed heritage four-year-old boy they were looking after as foster parents are being sought by Lincolnshire Police.
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5   Link   Mixed-race people are the most attractive, finds British study | Mail Online
Psychological testing found mixed-race people outstripped people who are white or black in terms of perceived attractiveness
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6   Link   DNA shows Hitler of mixed race
Genetic samples from relatives show Jewish roots.
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7   Link   Multiracial no longer boxed in by the Census - USATODAY.com
According to the 2000 U.S. Census, approximately 6.8 million Americans -- 2.4 percent of the total U.S. population -- self-identify with two or more racial categories.
The Census Bureau has not made any projections about the rate of growth of Multiracial Americans in the coming decades.
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8   Link   Marcia Dawkins: Obama and Race in America
In his first major comment on race and race relations in our nation since his "A More Perfect Union Speech" on March 18, 2008, President Barack Obama called for frank discussion about race last week. In both a speech to the National Urban League and on the ABC daytime talk show "The View," the president talked about race relations in the context of the political controversy over last month's firing of long-time Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod.
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9   Link   Zim's coloureds want their share
With racial strife on the rise over land reforms, Zimbabwe's discarded community is campaigning for its due place in society
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10   Link   France: Racism and Politics
Nowadays in France, like in Africa, when politicians need a boost in popularity or want to cast a wider political net, they make an appeal into the most primal instincts of the voters: ethnic identity.
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11   Link   Colorlines
Colorlines.com is a daily news site offering award-winning reporting, analysis, and solutions to today’s racial justice issues.
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12   Link   Diversity of multiracial identification and experience in Britain today - News - University of Kent
Research from the University has revealed that while there is evidence of a growing consciousness and interest in mixed race identities among 18-25 year olds in Britain today, Britain cannot yet speak of a coherent or unified mixed group or experience.
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13   Link   Are Mixed-Race Children Better Adjusted? - TIME
A new study suggests that kids with a biracial identity may be psychologically better off than their peers who belong to a single ethnic group.
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14   Link   'Unaccustomed' debate on race sparked in Brazil
Brazil is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in the world, and many Brazilians pride themselves as having a society without overt evidence of racial tension, and even deny that racism in their country exists.
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15   Link   Baby tale not black and white
A white baby girl with a mop of blonde hair and blue eyes has been born to black parents living in London. How is this possible?
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16   Link   Chinese search for Ming shipwreck off Kenyan coast
Chinese archaeologists are due to begin searching for the remains of a Chinese ship believed to have sunk off the Kenyan coast 600 years ago.
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17   Link   Darker middle class | Deep Brazil
A new study concludes that 53.5% of Brazilian Blacks and 47.3% of those with a mixed Black and White heritage
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18   Link   UK: Ethnic minority numbers 'to rise'
Ethnic minorities are set to make up a fifth of the UK's population by 2051 - up from the current 8%, researchers predict.
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19   Link   Lost tribe?
The rediscovery of an ancient relic has helped bring the world's attention to the Lemba people - a Zimbabwean group who claim Jewish ancestry, writes the BBC's Steve Vickers.
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20   Link   Mixed-race babies 'were sent to the US
Thousands of illegitimate mixed-race children fathered by American GIs were given up by their British mothers and shipped across the Atlantic, according to newly released papers.
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