Social Policy

Race and Ethnicity

Turkish-Kurdish woman waves a PKK flag during a demonstration in support of Syrian Kurds, in the southeastern Turkish town of Nusaybin, near the Turkish-Syrian border (REUTERS/Sertac Kayar).

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Can Explosions Be a Blessing in Disguise in Resolving Turkey’s Kurdish Question?

March 20, 2013, Kemal Kirişci

The Ankara headquarters of Turkey’s ruling AKP Party were recently bombed. But, writes Kemal Kirisci, the violence may portend good, not bad, for Turkey’s internal political development.

  • In the News

    More than 70 percent of today's baby boomers and seniors are white, and they grew up during a time when the nation's minority population was relatively small and consisted mainly of African Americans. By contrast, 40 percent of those under age 35 belong to minority groups. They have grown up during a period when racial mingling is the norm at school, work, social occasions and houses of worship.

    March 14, 2013, William H. Frey, Phys.org
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    We still are a country that's kind of divided, and a lot of that fissure in the population tends to be based in race and age and ethnicity. There's kind of a dangerous result in this election when we see older whites moving in one direction and younger minorities moving in another direction.

    January 21, 2013, William H. Frey
  • Expert Q & A | William H. Frey

    America’s Changing Demographic Landscape: New Projections from the Census Bureau

    December 13, 2012, William H. Frey

  • In the News

    When the 2020 Census comes around, we’re going to have a majority-minority child population.

    December 13, 2012, William H. Frey, New York Times
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    Our idea of what racial categories were in the past are changing. I think it's especially going to be changing for younger people as ... there's been an increase in mixed-race marriages, and that will eventually change the classic racial [categories].

    September 27, 2012, William H. Frey, The Washington Examiner
  • In the News

    I think it [the lack of minority support for Romney] really is an issue in 2012 as the country is becoming more diverse.

    August 14, 2012, William H. Frey, National Public Radio
  • In the News

    Advancement of our young people into middle-class jobs at all skill levels is essential to future economic growth. That growth is, in turn, essential to our country’s ability to provide opportunities and social supports. Absent these investments, we are looking at a society whose members will be fighting over pieces of a shrinking pie.

    June 8, 2012, William H. Frey, Washington Post
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    I think people are more comfortable in identifying themselves, and their children, as mixed race. It’s much more socially acceptable, more mainstream, to say, ‘That’s what we want to identify them as.’… One out of six kids who used to be thought of as just black will now grow up thinking of themselves as white and black. This is a huge leap. This is a ray of hope that we’re finally moving into an era where this very sharp black-white divide is breaking apart.

    April 26, 2012, William H. Frey, Washington Post
  • Expert Q & A

    America's Future Defined by Diversity

    December 20, 2011, William H. Frey

  • Expert Q & A

    The Changing Face of America's Racial Diversity

    March 25, 2011, William H. Frey

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