“Beyond Biracial: When Blackness Is a Small, Nearly Invisible Fraction” Latest from Jenée Desmond-Harris for TheRoot.com

In the past, these Americans would have been labeled “quadroons” or “octoroons.” Today their options are so much broader. What can they teach us about race in 2014 and in the future?

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Years ago they would have been called "quadroons": What can they teach us about race today? http://t.co/iinZJjaocY pic.twitter.com/G1mhQRialf

— Jenée (@jdesmondharris) May 12, 2014

Wonderful piece by @jdesmondharris! @ RT @TheRoot: #Multiracial Americans: #Identity when blackness is less than half http://t.co/boWceXOWyO

— KnowsyLatina | Tanya (@KnowsyLatina) May 12, 2014

PHOTOS: How #multiracial Americans make sense of race when their blackness doesn't show: http://t.co/ZQJp6QbG35 pic.twitter.com/xersRjIJGi

— Jenée (@jdesmondharris) May 12, 2014

"There’s a lot out there for the half-black, but a lot less out there for the quarter." http://t.co/QhhQM7AIUC

— Jenée (@jdesmondharris) May 12, 2014