Mixed Race Studies

Results from the 2010 Census Race and Hispanic Origin Alternative Questionnaire Experiment

U.S. Census Bureau
Technical Briefing
2012-08-08
62 pages

What is the AQE?

The 2010 Census Race and Hispanic Origin Alternative Questionnaire Experiment (AQE) focused on improving the race and Hispanic origin questions by testing a number of different questionnaire design strategies…

Overview of Technical Briefing

• (AQE) Goals and Research Strategies
• Methodology
• Race and Hispanic Origin Questionnaires
• Reinterview Study
• Focus Groups
• Major Findings
• Recommendations

Goals and Research Strategies

• Increase reporting in the standard Office of Management and Budget (OMB) race and ethnic categories
• Lower item nonresponse to the race and Hispanic origin questions
• Improve the accuracy and reliability of race and ethnic data
• Elicit the reporting of detailed race and ethnic groups

…Detailed Approach

• Includes examples and write-ins for all OMB race and Hispanic origin categories
• Maintains all original race and Hispanic origin checkboxes

…Streamlined Approach

• Includes examples and write-ins for all OMB race and Hispanic origin categories
• Removes specific national origin checkboxes; presented as example groups
• Streamlined presentation of OMB race and Hispanic origin categories…

…Very Streamlined Approach

• Part 1 – Very streamlined presentation of OMB race and Hispanic origin categories
• Part 2 – Examples for all OMB race and Hispanic origin categories
• Write-in areas for specific race(s), origin(s), or tribe(s)

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Read the entire report here.

Critical Race Theory and Christianity: Race Is A Social Construction

Jesus For Revolutionaries: A Blog About Race, Social Justice, and Christianity
2013-04-16

Robert Chao Romero, Associate Professor of Chicana/o Studies and Asian American Studies
University of California, Los Angeles

Good morning.  It’s taken me a little longer than usual to write this new post, but I have a good reason.  I just got back from a wonderful birthday celebration with my wife!  One of my gifts to her—no blog writing this weekend!

Last week we began a new series on Critical Race Theory and Christianity.  Our first topic was “Racism is Ordinary.” This week’s theme is, “Race is a Social Construction.” 

According to Critical Race Theory (CRT), “race” is a social construction.  I.e., race is something that human beings invented.  We invented race as a way of dividing up people from different ethnic backgrounds so that we could give special rights and privileges to some, and deny them to others.  The racial categories we create, moreover, do not correspond to true biological and genetic differences among human cultural populations.  They are socially constructed…

Read the entire article here.