Public categories, private identities: Exploring regional differences in the biracial experience

DL Brunsma - Social Science Research, 2006 - Elsevier
Empirical research on multiraciality and the development of richer models of racial identity
have increased in the last decade. Increased attention to such phenomena has lead to the
“check all that apply” modification to the 2000 Census—an official recognition of an historical
reality not before reflected on the United States' Census. However,“identity” and
“identification” are different phenomena. Using Place-level data from Census 2000 as well
as data from the Survey of Biracial Experience (Rockquemore and Brunsma, 2001), this …