Abstract
Over the past half a dozen years since the publishing of the data obtained during the 2010 United States Census, a number of research surveys, analysis and reports reveal a startling shift in the social-political thinking and subsequent behavior of this evolving American society. In 2000 the United States Census offered the option of identifying as multi-race for the first time. The 2010 tabulations demonstrate that people who identified as mixed-race grew by a significantly larger percentage than people who reported themselves as a single race. The total population of mixed-race people grew according to the U.S. Census, by 32%, while those identifying as a single race only grew by 9.2%.
Additionally, advances in super-computing power have resulted in the development of DNA/ancestry research corporations which have compiled social political data points from millions of individuals in the United States. The impact of the race and ethnicity analysis of these services has caused individuals and entire families to redefine the idea of their racial/ethnic identity. This anecdotal evidence suggests that there is a growing informal mixed-race identity phenomenon that presents a challenge to contemporary single race social-political movement strategies in this country, especially as it pertains to organizations such as the “Black Lives Matter” movement. This paper identifies evidence that supports the discourse that single race social-political activists should modify their advocacy efforts into a multi-ethnic collectivism, mimicking the successful Civil Rights collaborations of the 1960s.