By John powell (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) The Office on Management and Budget is considering eliminating the racial and ethnic categories currently used by the Census Bureau in gathering data and compiling statistics. If the question is whether our government should continue to use categories of race and collect data based on racial and ethnic … [Read more...] about “Who Thought of Dropping Racial Categories, and Why?” by john powell (January-February 1995 P&R Issue)
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“Accurate Racial/Ethnic Data Should Drive Category Review” by Raul Yzaguirre and Sonia M. Perez (January-February 1995 P&R Issue)
By Raul Yzaguirre and Sonia M. Perez (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) The review of the racial and ethnic categories listed on most official government forms comes at a time when the demographics of the nation arc changing rapidly. In the span between 1980 and 1990. for example, the Hispanic population in the U.S. increased by 53%. and the Census Bureau predicts … [Read more...] about “Accurate Racial/Ethnic Data Should Drive Category Review” by Raul Yzaguirre and Sonia M. Perez (January-February 1995 P&R Issue)
