The Biden administration is proposing an overhaul of how the federal government tracks race and ethnicity on forms and surveys including the decennial census
The change would combine queries about race and Hispanic ethnicity and add a category for people from the Middle East and North Africa on census and other government forms
Research by the Census Bureau has shown that many Latinos don’t respond to the separate race question or choose a ‘Some other race’ option when it is offered.. The revamp would combine separate questions about race and Hispanic ethnicity, add a category for people from the Middle East and North Africa and require agencies to collect more detail on all groups.
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