Britain’s mixed-race population blurs the lines of
identity politics
It’s not black and white
The Economist, October 3, 2020
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The number of Britons who say they have a mixed-ethnic background almost doubled between
the census of 2001 and 2011, to about 1.2m, or slightly more than 2% of the overall population.
That figure is probably an undercount, since not all children of mixed marriages will have ticked
one of the mixed categories, and the number is likely to have grown since the census. An analysis
by Alita Nandi of Essex University and Lucinda Platt of the London School of Economics suggests
that the true figure could be three times as high. If that is right, mixed-race people constitute a
larger proportion of the population than any minority ethnic group.
And that share is still growing. Fewer than 1% of Britons aged 50 or over in 2011 had a mixedethnic background, according to an analysis of official statistics by Rob Ford of Manchester
University. Among the youngest cohort—under fives—6% had one. The proportion of cohabiting
couples that are interracial shot up from 2.6% in 2001 to 4.5% by 2011. Both patterns suggest that
the next census, due next year, is almost certain to report an even larger number of mixed-race
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