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'Mixed Roots' Festival Embraces Mixed Race Authors

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MICHEL MARTIN, host: In the 2000 census, for the first time, the U.S. government gave people the option of identifying with more than one race. At that point, 6.8 million Americans chose to identify with two or more races. In 2010, that number had increased to 9 million people. These numbers give us a clear picture of an increasingly diverse America and a picture of Americans who are increasingly comfortable identifying themselves as mixed race, multicultural individuals.

And that experience is increasingly being reflected in literature. That's why all summer long we will be reading stories and novels by and about people exploring what it means to be mixed. You can read along with us, if you like. We're calling it TELL ME MORE's summer blend book club. And, today, to kick off our series, we've invited a guest who writes, blogs and organizes an entire festival around issues of mixed race identity.

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