My wife and I are a mixed-race couple. She is Black, and I am White.  Our newborn son, Ivan, is neither.  Or both.  Or a mix.  To be precise, I guess he is ½ Black, ½ White, tan, beige or gray, depending on whether you like fractions, whether you like shades of brown, or whether you are literally color-blind and only see shades of Black and White.

Recently, census data emerged showing that the number of mixed-race people like Ivan is growing.  And, more of them are identifying themselves as “mixed” rather than belonging to one group or another.

Clearly, our society is becoming more open, freer, more accepting, but as anyone with family members of another race can attest, things are far from perfect.  People still ask us “what race is he?”  Here’s our answer: