Panel talks multiracial identity in academicsPosted in Arts, Campus Life, Media Archive, United States on 2015-10-28 23:57Z by Steven |
Panel talks multiracial identity in academics
The Michigan Daily
2015-10-27
Alexa St John, Daily Staff Reporter
According to a 2015 Pew Research Center report, 6.9 percent of all Americans 18 and older identify as multiracial. According to the University’s Office of the Registrar, last year, just over 3 percent of students identified as two or more races.
A panel of University faculty met Monday night to discuss how multiracialism influences academic work for the first of their yearlong series dedicated to discussing the multiracial experience.
“We were really hoping to create a sense of community,” said Karen Downing, the University Library’s head of social sciences and the education liaison librarian. “This is a population that is often hidden because we don’t walk around with signs on us saying we’re multiracial. It’s hard to connect sometimes with other multiracial people.”…
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