Meet Humanity beyond Race, it's Beautiful

For centuries, racial differences have defined the borders between tribes and classes, feeding discrimination and xenophoby. But with the arrival of the global village, interracial relationships are becoming norm rather than exception.

In a matter of years we'll have mingled ourselves into one giant amalgamated mega-race. But what will we look like? National Geographic built its 125th anniversary issue around this very question, calling on writer Lise Funderburg and Martin Schoeller, a renowned photographer and portrait artist, to capture the lovely faces of our nation's multiracial future. Meet the people beyond race.

Daisy Fencl, 3, San Antonio, Texas Parents’ ID for her: Korean and Hispanic Census Boxes Checked: has not yet been counted

Kelly Williams II, 17, Dallas, Texas Self-ID: African American and German/multiracial Census Boxes Checked: black

Sandra Williams, 46, Chicago, Illinois Self-ID: biracial/“human being” Census Boxes Checked: black

Christopher Braxton, 33, Brooklyn, New York Self-ID: half African American, half Korean/Blasian Census Boxes Checked: black/Korean

Mariyam Nayeri, 33, Brooklyn, New York Self-ID: Mexican and Saudi Census Boxes Checked: some other race

Adrian Adrid, 24, Haleiwa, Hawaii Self-ID: white Census Boxes Checked: white/Filipino

Lula Newman, 7, New York, New York Self-ID: Chinese, Indonesian, German, Polish, Welsh Census Boxes Checked: white/Chinese/other Asian

Alexander Sugiura, 27, Brooklyn, New York Self-ID: American, ethnically Jewish Census Boxes Checked: Japanese

Helen Robertson, 54, Los Angeles, California Self-ID: English Census Boxes Checked: white/Asian

Jacob Benavente, 5, Torrance, California Self-ID: American Census Boxes Checked: Asian/native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander

Jesse Lee, 32, New York, New York Self-ID: half Chinese, quarter Swedish, quarter French Census Boxes Checked: Chinese

Yudah Holman, 29, Los Angeles, California Self-ID: half Thai, half black Census Boxes Checked: other Asian

Ariel Toole, 14, Chicago, Illinois Self-ID: mixed race/multiracial Census Boxes Checked: white/black/Vietnamese

Joshua Ahsoak, 34, Anchorage, Alaska Self-ID: Jewish and Inupiat Eskimo/“Juskimo” Census Boxes Checked: Alaska Native

Hosanna Marshall, 32, New York, New York Self-ID: African American, Native American, white, and Jewish Census Boxes Checked: black

Via National Geographic

Meet Humanity beyond Race, it's Beautiful

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