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Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB), are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin (ethnicity). The racial categories represent a social-political construct for the race or races that respondents consider themselves to be and "generally reflect a social definition of race recognized in this country." The OMB defines the concept of race as outlined for the US Census as not "scientific or anthropological" and takes into account "social and cultural characteristics as well as ancestry" using "appropriate scientific methodologies" but not "primarily biological or genetic in reference." Race and ethnicity are considered separate and distinct identities, with Hispanic or Latino origin asked as a separate question. Thus, in addition to their race or races, all respondents are categorized by membership in one of two ethnicities, which are "Hispanic or Latino" and "Not Hispanic or Latino". In 1997, OMB issued a Federal Register Notice which provided revised racial and ethnic definitions. OMB developed race and ethnic standards in order to provide "consistent data on race and ethnicity throughout the Federal Government. The development of the data standards stem in large measure from new responsibilities to enforce civil rights laws." Among the changes, OMB issued the instruction to "mark one or more races", after noting evidence of increasing numbers of interracial children and the desire to capture this increased diversity in a measurable way. Prior to this decision, the Census and other government data collections asked people to report only one race. "The categories are designed for collecting data on the race and ethnicity of broad population groups in this country. They are based on social and political considerations -- not anthropological or scientific ones. Furthermore, the race categories include both racial and national-origin groups.” From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License Why does the U.S. Census consider Middle Easterners white but not Southwest Asians? Q. Middle East, Pakistan, and India are in the Asian continent. People from those areas seem to have the "Caucasoid" bone structure or whatever but then why only the Middle Easterners? I'm not Middle Eastern or Indian.. Asked by unknown - Sun Jul 4 17:02:35 2010 - - 10 Answers - 0 Comments A. well middle easterns are more fairer and more purely caucasoid then indians... a few indians are mixed with mongoloid and few are mixed with austroloid and india is very diverse... sister please watch this video about india Answered by Afghan Chowdhury - Sun Jul 4 17:24:18 2010 what do I put for race in the U.S. census? Q. All my family was born in Colombia, but we are all of different races. First of all don't don't tell me hispanic because hispanic is not a race, it's an ethnicity. So all of us are Colombians but my dad is white (he is descendand from Europeans, probably from Spain), my mom is dark, she is daughter of my light-colored grandma (white or mestiza) and my dark colored grandpa (not black but like a mix of white and black). My older brother is white (whiter than my dad), I am the same skin color as my mom, and my younger brother is not white but isn't dark either, like in between. (prob. mestizo) so i don't know wat to put for me and my mom. We are dark but we are not black. We are not white. And we aren't mestizo because we don't have any… [cont.] Asked by Flow Rider - Thu Mar 18 22:26:18 2010 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments A. I mark "some other race" & write in multiracial. Then mark Hispanic, in my case Mexican am. Chicano/a. For ethnicity you would mark the last one "Yes, another Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin" and print Colombian in the box. Answered by Lambda Slappy - Thu Mar 18 22:52:48 2010 Why White Americans' majority to end by mid-century?
Q. White Americans' majority to end by mid-century washington the estimated time when whites will no longer make up the majority of Americans has been pushed back eight years to 2050 because the recession and stricter immigration policies have slowed the flow of foreigners into the U.S. Census Bureau projections released Wednesday update last year's prediction that white children would become a minority in 2023 and the overall white population would follow in 2042. The earlier estimate did not take into account a drop in the number of people moving into the U.S. because of the economic crisis and the immigration policies imposed after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. The United States has 308 million people today; two-thirds… [cont.] Asked by jdeekdee - Wed Dec 16 16:03:20 2009 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments A. Non Whites breed like rabbits. Population explosion, they wouldn't know what that meant. If the current birth rate continues unchecked the earth's resources will be unable to sustain the world's population in 30 years time-- uuh? Answered by Alter Ego - Wed Dec 16 16:18:02 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "White (U.S. Census)"  albanyherald.com Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:16:32 GMT+00:00 Albany Herald On-line Roughly 56 million Americans, or 19 percent of the population, live with some sort of disability according to the US Census Bureau. ...  projo.com Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:36:00 GMT+00:00 Providence Journal ... was for that district (he didn't know) and what the median household income is there (estimated $77032 in 2008, according to the US Census Bureau). ...  christianpost.com Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:09:43 GMT+00:00 Christian Post ... US Census Bureau statistics. Most of the Latino Catholic and white mainline Protestant population in California support same-sex marriage in California. ... From Google News Search: "White (U.S. Census)"  digitaljournal.com 367px x 550px | 41.60kB [source page] Census bureau White population will be a minority in U S by 2042 By Kesavan Unnikrishnan  cache.daylife.com 405px x 520px | 54.60kB [source page] Reuters Pictures 1 month ago U S President Barack Obama R hugs graduate John S McCain IV L son of U S Sen John McCain while attending the 2009 U S Naval Academy  inova-mil.com 792px x 678px | 62.20kB [source page] of the U S Department of State is strictly prohibited under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations itar code of Federal Regulations Title 22 Parts 120 through 130 From Yahoo Image Search: "White (U.S. Census)"  runesmith.blogspot.com Jennifer Smith Sat, 17 Jul 2010 22:31:00 GM The . U.S. Census. has always asked for 'race' (. white. , black, mulatto, later other races). The Canadian Census has always asked for 'origin', as in ethnic origin (English, German, Chinese, etc.), and didn't start asking for 'colour' until ...  pacificfreepress.com Press Release ue, 20 Jul 2010 23:22:30 GM I respond you are . white. . Put yourself in the shoes of other people: - As I said to the Judge in my trial: if I was a Muslim or an Arab in today's world, there is no way I would want to disclose that information to the Government. I know what happened to the Polish . ... 2009 Early: the . U.S. Census. Bureau (Lockheed Martin with IBM a sub-contractor, same as in Canada and the UK) hires 1000 people to start doing census work in preparation for the 2010 . U.S. census. . ...  cccc-blog.blogspot.com Joyce Middleton Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:16:00 GM Whiteness and non-whiteness cuts across all of our various identity interests (I'm thinking about the . U.S. Census. that we all completed earlier this year--which racial box did we all check off). I would like to know what readers think ... From Google Blog Search: "White (U.S. Census)" |
