The Biden administration is working to update how it identifies American's race and ethnicity for official use. It's collecting feedback on its Jan. 27 proposal to change the choice for people who identify as Hispanic or Latino or a version of those.
with how to capture the complexity of the ever-increasing population of people with Latino or Hispanic roots.
In a shortened question, there would be boxes to check next to the choices of"White,""Hispanic or Latino""Black or African American,""Asian,""American Indian or Alaska Native,""Middle Eastern or North African," and"Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander." That turmoil over identifiers is reflected in the evolution of census forms, that didn’t have a Hispanic identity question on the short form until 1980. “Mexican” was put on the census in 1930, but then removed before the next census amid protests from Mexican American activists and Mexico, said Julie Dowling, author of
Asked how he'd respond with the proposed options, Melendez said he would “still choose Black because I would fear that my identity as a Central American on paper will limit the opportunities or resources or the voice of the Black community because I chose not to identify as Black.” “Race and ethnicity is seen differently and viewed differently than it is here in the United States,” Lopez said. “One of the concerns with this particular change — is not only the identification of the racial and ethnic distribution among Latinos, but also whether or not we might lose something in the counts of Hispanics.”
"If we collect Hispanic data just as race data then we erase Black Latinos because what we're saying is, well, there's a Latino race, and you guys are mixed race or something. It's ridiculous," said Lopez, a daughter of Dominican immigrants.
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