At Census Time, Asian Americans Again Confront the Question of Who ‘Counts’ as Asian. Here’s How the Answer Got So Complicated

Asian Americans are the fastest growing population in the U.S., but Americans tend not to think of all regions in Asia as ...
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From 'deaf and dumb' to 'octoroon': Census questions that did not meet the test of time

SAN FRANCISCO -- The debate over the citizenship question is just the latest controversy that has surrounded the questionnaire since it began in 1790. That first census only asked if respondents were ...
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Census data hides racial diversity of US ‘Hispanics’ – to the country’s detriment

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Biden Joe Biden speaks at a Hispanic Heritage Month 2022 reception at the White House. Just who counts as 'Hispanic' in ...
Lincoln Journal Star

Clarence Page: Time to update census race questions

A notable example of how Americans fall through the cracks in census data-gathering caught my attention while Web surfing. It appeared on the black-oriented website TheRoot.com under this eye-catching ...
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A Graphic Shows How Much The 'Race' Question On The American Census Has Changed

A new interactive graphic from the Census Bureau reveals that no two surveys have ever had the same set of options for choosing one's race. In 1890, a shoemaker from Louisiana named Homer Plessy ...
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Census data hides racial diversity of US ‘Hispanics’ – to the country’s detriment

As I opened an email from my local grocery store chain advertising Hispanic Heritage Month – which runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 each year – I was surprised to see it highlighting recipes from four ...