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race noun ancestry, birth, breed, class, cultural group, culture, descent, ethnic group, ethnic stock, family, folk, genealogy, genus, group, kind, line, parentage, people, phylum, stem, stirps, stock, strain Associated concepts: discrimination, race, creed, and color race verb accelerate, bolt, chase, compete, dart, dash, engage in a contest of speed, enter a competition, fly, gallop, hasten, hie, hurry, hustle, move at an accelerated rate of speed, plunge ahead, pursue, run, run a race, run swiftly, rush, scamper, scramble, scud, speed, sprint, spurt, tear, whiz Associated concepts: assumption of risk, race to the recorddng office, racing commission See also: ancestry, competition, contest, descent, hasten, lineage, origin, strife How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The use of the term mulato rather than pardo in this census suggests that, 19 years after abolition, predominant racial categories referred to skin color and other phenotypical characteristics. As Naomi Zack asserts, "Since mixed race does not exist in a biracial system, individuals who are of mixed race, or who would be if black and white racial categories had rational foundations, have an interesting identity problem: Either they can create identities of mixed race for themselves, in opposition to the biracial system, or, they can eschew all racial identities" (6). Multiracial families have emphasized the fluidity of racial categories and developed strategies such as influencing the way race related data was collected in the 2000 Census, resulting in expanded options for categorizing race. |
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