Census Bureau Quietly Scraps Plan for Improved Data Collection on Race and Ethnicity

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Originally published at: Census Bureau Quietly Scraps Plan for Improved Data Collection on Race and Ethnicity - TPM – Talking Points Memo

The Census Bureau is walking back plans to unveil a new, more inclusive way to document race and ethnicity, delaying updates that would have affected policy about everything from SNAP benefits uptake to redistricting.  New race and ethnicity collection standards will no longer be used in the 2027 American Community Survey (ACS), according to a…

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They should have simplified the question. “Are you White?” Anything other than a YES answer and you aren’t counted.

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My first reaction too. A huge miscellaneous category for non-whites perfectly suits their purposes. Ghouls.

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I just love it when people who don’t know anything about Statistics and data collection make consequential decisions about Statistics and data collection.

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This follows Orwell: Change history & facts to conform to the nutty politics of the “The Party” (as per “1984”)
The novel has become a recipe for the Trumpistas.

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Reminds me of when folk who know nothing about history make proclamations based on ‘the olden days.’

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Yes, they have glossed right over the part where Mr Blair wrote 1984 as a warning rather than as a user’s guide.