"US Government Overhauls Race and Ethnicity Categories for Improved Diversity Tracking"
TL;DR
The US government is updating its race and ethnicity categories for the first time in 27 years to better reflect the country's diverse population, including adding a Middle Eastern and North African category and allowing respondents to select multiple options. The changes aim to provide more accurate data for legislative redistricting, civil rights laws, and health statistics, but some concerns have been raised about potential reduction of representation for certain groups and omissions in the new categories.
Topics:worldgovernment-and-politics#census#civil-rights#diversity#government-and-politics#race-and-ethnicity#us-government
- US is changing federal race and ethnicity categories for first time in 27 years The Guardian US
- New census MENA, Latino checkboxes approved by White House NPR
- U.S. Officials Order Better Tracking of a Political Flashpoint: America's Diversity The New York Times
- US government changing how it asks about people’s race and ethnicity CNN
- U.S. updates how it classifies people by race, ethnicity for first time in decades The Washington Post
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