Race and Ethnicity

Rebuilding Common Purpose for the 21st Century with New Civic Infrastructure
by Dowell Myers and Karen Trapenberg Frick, May 6, 2022
> Journal of Comparative Urban Law and Policy

Hispanic Homeownership Advancement through Recession and Boom
Explains how to use the 5-year ACS files to trace growth of homeownership by cohorts during the Great Recession, then turning upward in the recovery years after 2014. Compares US, LA county, and a gentrifying district
by Dowell Myers and David Flores-Moctezuma, November 3, 2021 > Cityscape (pdf)

The Truth About White America
Explains the twists and turns in racial trends derived from changes in the 2020 census
by Morris Levy, Richard Alba, and Dowell Myers, October 25, 2021
> The Atlantic IDEAS

The Myth of a Majority-Minority America
Explains how growing multiracialism is impacting interpretations of traditional binary racial categories
by Richard Alba, Morris Levy, and Dowell Myers, June 13, 2021
> The Atlantic IDEAS

Why the Announcement of a Looming White Minority Makes Demographers Nervous
by Sabrina Tavernise, featuring ideas from the Open Letter to Demographers by Dowell Myers and research findings of Myers and Morris Levy, November 22, 2018 > NY Times

An Open Letter to Demographers of Racial Change
by Dowell Myers, July 4, 2018
> Open Letter (pdf)

Racial Population Projections and Reactions to Alternative News Accounts of Growing Diversity
by Dowell Myers and Morris Levy, May 18, 2018
> Journal Article (pdf)   > Washington Post op-ed

Mutual Benefits and Equity amid Racial Diversity
by Dowell Myers, 2015
> JPER Article (pdf)

Racially Balanced Cities in Southern California, 1990 to 2010
by Linda Lou, Hyojung Lee, Anthony Guardado, and Dowell Myers, March 2012
> Report (pdf)

Overlap: A User Guide to Race and Hispanic Origin in Census 2000
by Dowell Myers and Angela James, 2002
> Race Contours Project Working Paper (pdf)

Multiracial Patterns in the United States By State
by Noel Hacegaba and Dowell Myers, April 2001
> Working Paper No. 2001-02 (pdf)

Multiracial Patterns in California by County
by Julie Park, Dowell Myers, and Liang Wei, April 2001
> Working Paper No. 2001-03 (pdf)

The Racial Resegregation of Los Angeles County, 1940-2000
by Philip J. Ethington, William H. Frey, and Dowell Myers, May 2001
> Working Paper No. 2001-04 (pdf)

Racially Balanced Cities in Southern California, 1980-2000
by Dowell Myers and Julie Park, May 2001
> Working Paper No. 2001-05 (pdf)