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What face does America show the world? The answer used to be more black and white. But today more and more people are of mixed heritage. In the 2000 census, when a multiple-race option appeared for the first time, 6.8 million Americans checked it off. Ten years later that number grew by 32 percent. The quickly changing fabric of our country – where familiar racial categories are being joined by new ones rooted in self-determined identity – provides an opportunity to re-examine our definitions and assumptions. It’s also a chance to gaze at a gallery of intriguing faces and features, photographed by Martin Schoeller. (Photo by Martin Schoeller/National Geographic)
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