How The U.S. Defines Race And Ethnicity May Change Under Trump |
How The U.S. Defines Race And Ethnicity May Change Under Trump
All Things Considered
National Public Radio
2017-11-23
 The Trump administration is expected to announce possible changes to how the U.S. government collects information about race and ethnicity by Dec. 1. Chelsea Beck/NPR |
Some major changes may be coming to how the U.S. government collects data about the country’s racial and ethnic makeup.
The Trump administration has been considering proposals to ask about race and ethnicity in a radical new way on the 2020 Census and other surveys that follow standards set by the White House.
Introduced when President Obama was still in office, the proposed changes could result in a fundamental shift in how the government counts the Latino population.
Another proposal would create a new checkbox on the census form for people with roots in the Middle East or North Africa, or MENA, which would be the first ethnic or racial category to be added in decades.
The White House’s Office of Management and Budget is expected to release a decision on these proposals by Dec. 1, but an announcement may come out before the end of the month…
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