Will "multiracial" survive to the next generation?: The racial classification of children of multiracial parents

Social Forces

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 821-850

  Bratter, Jenifer ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 38549150164     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/86.2.821     Document Type: Article

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