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‘Other’ no more: Census change could add MENA, Latino categories, more

Alexis Waiss Cronkite News//May 15, 2023//

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‘Other’ no more: Census change could add MENA, Latino categories, more

‘Other’ no more: Census change could add MENA, Latino categories, more

Alexis Waiss Cronkite News//May 15, 2023//

The Census Bureau may change how it asks about race and ethnicity, a shift that could end what one advocate called the “painful irony” of Native...

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Tags: Alaska Natives, North African descent, UnidosUS, Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, mixed identities, Arizona State University, Latino, Population Reference Bureau, Native Americans, census bureau, Middle Eastern descent, Islamic Community Center of Phoenix

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