And work by mixed-race artists is increasingly visible in museum exhibitions, in bookstores and online — raised to the spotlight by new census numbers that show a roughly 32 percent increase since 2000 in the number of Americans declaring multiracial identity, as well as by a biracial president, an explosion of blogs and Web sites about multiracialism, and the advent of critical mixed-race studies on college campuses.
Awali Liberia ilikuwa ikiendeshwa kama moja ya majimbo ya Marekani, lakini mwaka 1847 nchi hiyo iliasisi mfumo wa jamhuri na rais wake wa kwanza akawa Joseph Roberts, mtumwa kutoka jimbo la Virginia. Watumwa hawa ndiyo wakatumia kisomo chao kisha wakaanzisha serikali ambayo kwa kila namna inafanana na ile ya Marekani.