"Take a quick look around, and you can see that America is not just a melting pot anymore. It's become a fluid cultural mosaic of complex ethnic and multiracial backgrounds that can be seen in the faces of our own families. President Obama's inauguration sparked not only a pride of recognition among African Americans but also a sense of solidarity among the almost 7 million people who checked off the 'multiple race' box in the U.S. census.
Categorizing or even describing multiracial identities can be a perplexing puzzle - Tiger Woods once described himself as "Cablinasian" (Caucasian, black, American Indian and Asian) - but the time has never seemed riper for families to help their kids piece together the stories that make up their own rich ethnic backgrounds. "
Read more on the SF Chronicle Website.
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