Multiracial Identity

Multiracial IdentityTop of Mind with Julie Rose • Season 1, Episode 1620, Segment 5

Jun 14, 2021 • 17m

People who’ve taken one of those DNA ancestry tests are a lot more likely to start identifying themselves as multiracial on surveys. This poses a conundrum for researchers who study race and discrimination. Professor of sociology at Stanford University Aliya Saperstein says it also raises some interesting questions about how we define race.

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