Beet
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« on: February 15, 2018, 05:03:19 AM » |
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It's a social construct, or at the very least, something subjective (or both.)
The OMB/Census Bureau is the last officially racist instrument of the U.S. government, an official endorsement that the notion of "race" is something real and objective. If ethnic data is needed, let the government ask directly about people's ethnicity (the 2020 census takes one step in this direction, but still asks about race.) It looks like we'll have to wait for the 2030 census for the hope of something non-racist and rational getting an official stamp of approval.
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