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Old 06-09-2010, 10:47 AM   #17
Janny2006

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The low official number is just people who self identified as two or more races.

So rough guessing...
About a third of the whites have some admixture, so ~24% of the total U.S. population. Around 60% or more of Blacks show admixture (probably more, going by memory), which would be around 7% of the U.S. population. Add the 15%+ Hispanic/Latino (which of course some are a single race, but for simplicity I am counting them all as mixed). The 2.7% who count themselves as mixed already.
Let's see 24+7+15+2.7= About half of the population is mixed to a certain degree or another, add in my lousy math skills and not taking time to carefully look at the numbers and I'd say that well over 50% are multiracial. What they self identify as is a whole other story.
I think the African American numbers are probably closer to 10 percent. If he means in the genetic sense,then I agree 50 percent plus. This should also include people anywhere. Europe,Asia or Africa. If they drift away from the major races on genetic sheets then they equal multiracial. I also agree about the self identification part.

Here is a study don't on some white and black Americans.
https://www.forumbiodiversity.com/showthread.php?t=1488
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