Biden officials approved proposals for the U.S. census and federal surveys to change how Latinos are asked about their race and ethnicity and to add a checkbox for 'Middle Eastern or North African.'
Biden officials approved proposals for the U.S. census and federal surveys to change how Latinos are asked about their race and ethnicity and to add a checkbox for"Middle Eastern or North African."The Biden administration has approved proposals for the U.S. census and federal surveys to change how Latinos are asked about their race and ethnicity and to add a checkbox for"Middle Eastern or North African."The Biden administration has approved proposals for the U.S.
But a sea change is coming as federal agencies — plus many state and local governments and private institutions participating in federal programs — figure out how to update their forms and databases in order to meet the U.S. government's new statistical standards. Combining a question about Hispanic origins with a question about race into one question, while allowing people to check as many boxes as they want, is likely to lower the share of Latinos who mark
For the standards' official description for"American Indian or Alaska Native," OMB is removing a phrase about maintaining"tribal affiliation or community attachment.
It's not clear, for example, how the federal government will consider people who identify as MENA when monitoring and enforcing civil rights., which was rescinded Thursday, used the earlier"White" definition, which included people with roots in the Middle East or North Africa and was not categorized as a"minority race" that would face"disparate impact or discriminatory patterns.
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