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Multiracial America: Land of the Free

In the future, America will become a country where multiracial is the norm. While some people may identify with a particular race, a changing society is leading to a multi-racial population. How will American perceptions of race change with a changing population and a more racially diverse society?

In the article, "Multiracial Identity in the Post-Civil Rights Era," by Gino Michael Pellegrini, he asserts that multiracial people and identities are growing and developing with the reality that more and more people are self-identified as multiracial. Pellegrini concludes that America is becoming increasingly diverse and that the concept of race is changing in America. The author also considers the internet and social media critical in changing people’s racial beliefs. Pellegrini states: "The nation will become more racially heterogeneous with each passing year due to global capitalism, demographic changes, and because social prohibitions against dating and mating across one’s race have slackened significantly following the civil rights movement and following the Supreme Court’s 1967 ruling in Loving vs. Virginia that confirmed the unconstitutionality of the remaining state anti-miscegenation laws. As a result of these changes, the multiracial population will continue to grow.". The facts support that America is a country that is becoming increasingly racially diverse, because more and more people self-identify themselves as multiracial and or ethnic. It seems evident that younger people in the United States are multiracial and more tolerant of diversity. These changes in population and demographics are most likely to continue and will impact social, economic, and political areas within the United States development and future.