The U.S. government is making changes to how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity in the 2030 Census, aiming to more accurately count residents who identify as Hispanic and of Middle Eastern and North African heritage.
In this file photo, Isabella Xelhuantzi, 6, twirls with her dance partner while her dance group, Las Estrellas Ballet Folklorico, performs during the second annual Fiesta Latina in Irvine in 2023. For the first time in 27 years, the U.S. government is changing how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity , an effort that federal officials believe will more accurately count residents who identify as Hispanic and of Middle Eastern and North African heritage.
And while the census won’t entirely dump the long-running “ethnicity” question that in recent decades has alternately pleased and vexed some Latino people and groups that advocate for them, it will merge the idea into a single, catch-all question: “What is your race and/or ethnicity?” In this file photo, Las Estrellas Ballet Folklorico from the Long Beach Parks and Recreation wait to perform at the Los Angeles County Fair in Pomona in 2017. For the first time in 27 years, the U.S. government is changing how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity, an effort that federal officials believe will more accurately count residents who identify as Hispanic and of Middle Eastern and North African heritage.
“I don’t think this changes the ‘seen’ part,” she added. “But at least the government is figuring out what’s real.”In one sense, the new rules could shake up the demographic tallies in Southern California more than they will in any other region of the country. Questions and definitions related to race, in particular, have been tweaked routinely since the first census, in 1790, when the count centered on “free white males.” In much of the 19th century, for example, the idea of “black blood” was central to identifying different races. In the 1930s “Mexican” was listed as a race.
“If self-determination is an important characteristic of a democratic republic, then it should include the ability to pick the labels that we most identify with,” Sha added.
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