Census Data Confusion, Manipulation, and Latinos of Mixed Ancestry or “Should Latino be a Race?” |
Census Data Confusion, Manipulation, and Latinos of Mixed Ancestry or “Should Latino be a Race?”
Presented at The Second Annual Mixed Heritage Conference
University of California, Los Angeles
2014-04-16
Thomas Lopez, President
Multiracial Americans of Southern California (MASC)
Multiracial Americans President Thomas Lopez delivers a talk on changing the Census categories to allow Latino to become a race. In this episode, the talk is introduced with a brief history of the Census. Special emphasis is made on how Hispanic became a Census category and mixed race people succeeded in checking one or more racial categories.
- Part 2 of 7 (Offset Data)
- Part 3 of 7 (Biased Reporting)
- Part 4 of 7 (Manipulated Data)
- Part 5 of 7 (What is Race?)
- Part 6 of 7 (Mass Media)
- Part 7 of 7 (Alternative Questionnaire Experiment)