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 Posted: Sun 22 Jun 2008 19:00 Post subject: Definition of Whiteness - WSJ gets ODR wrong |
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fwsweet
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| Posted: Sun 22 Jun 2008 19:25 Post subject: Re: Definition of Whiteness - WSJ gets ODR wrong |
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| Powell wrote: | | Quote: | | Hispanics have had a separate Census category where even intermarried, non-Spanish speakers can include themselves, if they choose. One in eight people in the U.S. does, including Latin American, European and Caribbean Hispanics and their progeny. |
That's false because it implies that Hispanics are asked to classify themselves by "race" in addition to indentifying as Hispanic. |
Hispanics are, in fact, explicitly told to to classify themselves by "race" in addition to identifying as Hispanic. See the 2000 census form. Other decades' forms are also available in the same directory. |
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| Posted: Mon 23 Jun 2008 15:39 Post subject: Re: Definition of Whiteness - WSJ gets ODR wrong |
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| fwsweet wrote: | | Powell wrote: | | Quote: | | Hispanics have had a separate Census category where even intermarried, non-Spanish speakers can include themselves, if they choose. One in eight people in the U.S. does, including Latin American, European and Caribbean Hispanics and their progeny. |
That's false because it implies that Hispanics are asked to classify themselves by "race" in addition to indentifying as Hispanic. |
Hispanics are, in fact, explicitly told to to classify themselves by "race" in addition to identifying as Hispanic. See the 2000 census form. Other decades' forms are also available in the same directory. |
Sorry. I meant the opposite. The author was implying that "Hispanic" was a "race" option on the federal census. |
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