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The year 2000 brought with it many advances and a renewed hope for the future. With this new decade came the first time that those with multiracial and multiethnic backgrounds could identify the full range of their racial and ethnic backgrounds (Jones & Smith, 2001). It was in the U.S. Census that the multiple heritage population gained acceptance for the first time by a governmental institution. Over 6 million individuals identified the true range of their racial backgrounds (Jones & Smith, 2001).

The 2010 U.S. Census brought about a new change for the multiple heritage population. The U.S. Census Bureau added a new category “Some Other Race” (Humes, Jones, & Ramirez, 2011, p. 3). This new term is defined as including

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