Blurred vision: seeing beyond government racial categories. From: Reason | Date: July 1, 1997| Author: Gillespie, Nick | COPYRIGHT 1997 Reason Foundation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The Office of Management and Budget is examining the need to add a multiracial category to government forms. This action is a response to the increasing number of interracial marriages. The concept of multiracial identities should be seen as a uniting social and historical reality.

In a provocative coincidence, golfer Tiger Woods - who, in reference to his mixed ethnic background, identifies himself as a "Cablinasian" - won the PGA Masters tournament just as the Office of Managemen...

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