Amalgamation of Black Population with Other Races

The infographic shows the spectrum of Black identify as recorded in the U.S. Census. The most recent census allow participants to identify with up to 6 race categories thereby, allowing people to express the complexity of their identity. Historically, this has not always been the case. Census categories fluctuate over the years and currently do not satisfy how many American see themselves. Du Bois’s original is limited to Black and white or some now outdated vernacular categories of Blackness such as “brown” and “yellow”. Terms which seem to have migrated to other groups and across colloquial language. We render this spectrum of Black identity as scribble clusters underscoring the amalgamation of identity. In an effort to make Afro-Latinidad visible we also include adjacent red clusters that represent the hispanic ethnicity within the amalgamation clusters. The high gloss and thick lines resemble marks made by an inky marker.