By Nathan Glazer (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) The first round of responses on the question of whether and how the racial/ethnic categories in the Census and other government statistics should be modified shows the enormous problems involved in getting agreement on any set of categories. We have moved from the first Census of 1790, and a situation in which we … [Read more...] about “On the Census Race and Ethnic Categories” by Nathan Glazer (March-April 1995 P&R Issue)
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Symposium: Racial/Ethnic Categories
A discussion surrounding whether Racial/Ethnic categories matter in the United States, in many different arenas.November/December 1994 issue of Poverty & Race Part One The July 25, 1994 New Yorker carried a very important article, by staff writer Lawrence Wright, titled "One Drop of Blood," discussing the meaning and utility of racial and ethnic categories, particularly … [Read more...] about Symposium: Racial/Ethnic Categories
