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Originally Posted by Princes mom  Technically there are only three races: Black (African), White (Caucasian), and Asian. We had a rep from the census bureau come to our school who stated that is you are latino, you should check "White," then specify your country of origin.
A lot of people had a hard time with the term, "Negro"  in the census. That word has not been used in decades and has a negative conotation.
What were they thinking?  |
Latino is not white, what was that person thinking. I suppose Native Americans aren't a race either since he says there are only three
IMO the Census is actually becoming silly when it comes to race in America because so many of us are mixed. I do understand the data for understanding the need for diversity and documenting history, but it's getting pretty confusing. I checked the other box and wrote in Creole because both my parents were Creole, because both sets of their parents considered themselves Creole and were also so mixed that you couldn't tell what they were...especially with their accents and English being their second language. I could have checked "Other" and wrote in ... a French, Native American, African, Spanish, Black dutch (German) mix...aka American human
