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How the US Census categorizes race (cdn.fosstodon.org)

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How the US Census categorizes race

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[–] ichmagrum@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago

Isn't combatting racism part of the reason why the US collects this data? If this categorization is common, that looks like a pretty big blind spot for arabs.

Do south africans and australians with european heritage get categorized as white or african/pacific?