New Americans

Over the past several years, people of mixed race have been pushing for the adition of a multiracial category to the U.S. Census. The push for this new category from the mixed race community doesn't stem from hatred for the black or white community but for a love of their mixed race heritage and to end the "tug-of-war" they are faced with when having to choose one parent s race over the other.Besides gaining recognition there are imprtant health issues which must be addressed such as, bone-marrow matching and how such race specific syndrome such as Tay-Sachs gets trated in multiracial people. There are limited data banks for multiracial bone-marrow matches ...