CVK
Haven’t had a chance to formulate any coherent opinions/analyses on these yet, but wanted to get them down before I forgot.

Stereotypes get shot down
USA Today
“Busting stereotype and reinventing one’s self has a long tradition in the USA. But social scientists and trend watchers say the change is spreading and accelerating, speeding the country toward what could be called “cultural fusion.” Today’s culture benders are making it increasingly difficult to label people by age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation or disability.”

Whites to Be Minority in N.Y. Soon, Data Show
The New York Times
“The influx of foreigners to New York and its suburbs and the continuing exodus of non-Hispanic whites to other parts of the country have transformed the face of metropolitan New York so profoundly that whites will constitute a minority of the region’s population within a few years, demographers say.”

Racial identities spawn new terminology
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“Mr. Bey is only one of many people who have decided that calling themselves black, white or Asian is no longer enough, given the kaleidoscopic possibilities of racial identity today.”

The Problem With Crash
Hyphen magazine blog
“Oh, no, you say: Not another yellowish whine! If Crash weren’t about complex racial and ethnic relationships, then my complaint would, indeed, be inappropriate, paranoid even. But that was exactly the point of Crash, to portray the nuances of Los Angeles’s – and by extension, America’s – racial and ethnic relationships. So why would it portray East Asians in such an inept and unflattering way?”