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Having paid homage to the Chinese and Norwegian sides of my heritage, I wanted to dive into my Hawaiian roots with a relatable protagonist and a multiethnic, multigenerational family.

Their districts span California from the border to the Sierra, the Central Valley to Orange County, as do their life stories: children of immigrants, multiethnic, multigenerational.

“We built a big tent — a multigenerational, multiracial, multiethnic coalition of people, which just reflected my upbringing,” she said.

What of the history of progressive organizing and multiracial and multiethnic alliances in “rural America”, especially in Appalachia?

While individuals can mark multiple race options, there are no released figures on the breakdown of specific multiethnic groups — and community advocates observe that significant demographic differences exist between different multiracial populations.