Prior to the mid-20th century, many people hid their multiracial heritage because of racial discrimination against minorities. While many Americans may be biologically multiracial, they often do not know it or do not identify so culturally, any more than they maintain all the differing traditions of a variety of national ancestries.
Before the mid-20th century were people open about their muticultural heritage and why or why not?
Prior to the mid-20th century, many people hid their multiracial heritage because of racial discrimination against minorities.