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Multiracial Families
Words to Understand
census:
a survey of a particular population.
demographers:
people who study information about people and
communities.
ethnicity:
to come.
transracial:
involving more than one race; across racial lines.
Chapter One
WHAT IS A
MULTIRACIAL
FAMILY
Bill de Blasio with his family—wife Chirlane McCray, daughter Chiara, and son
Dante—at a civil rights march in New York City in 2012.
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