"US Implements First Race and Ethnicity Revision in 27 Years, Adding Middle Eastern and Hispanic Categories"
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The US government is revising its race and ethnicity categories for the first time in 27 years, allowing respondents to select multiple categories and adding a Middle Eastern and North African category. The changes aim to more accurately count residents who identify as Hispanic and of Middle Eastern and North African heritage. The revisions also remove pejorative terms and encourage detailed data collection. While some see the changes as meaningful representation, others, such as Afro Latinos, express concerns about potential reduction in their numbers and representation in the data.
Topics:world#census#diversity#politics-and-society#race-and-ethnicity#social-attitudes#us-government
- US changes how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity. It's the first revision in 27 years The Associated Press
- Hispanic or Latino and Middle Eastern or North African will be federal race categories NBC News
- New census MENA, Latino checkboxes approved by White House NPR
- US Overhauls Race Data to Add Middle Eastern, Hispanic Categories Bloomberg
- Washington Is Changing How It Asks About Race and Ethnicity The Wall Street Journal
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