How We Count America 2010 Census and Race and ethnicity in the United States Census ?”
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB), are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin (ethnicity).[1][2] The racial categories represent a social-political construct designed for the race or races that respondents consider themselves to be and “generally reflect a social definition of race recognized in this country.”[3] The OMB defines the concept of race as outlined for the US Census as not “scientific or anthropological” and takes into account “social and cultural characteristics as well as ancestry” using “appropriate scientific methodologies” but not “primarily biological or genetic in reference.”[4] Race and ethnicity are considered separate and distinct identities, with Hispanic or Latino origin asked as a separate question. Thus, in ad
Worried that too few East Bay residents have mailed back their census questionnaires, local officials and church groups are warning residents that if participation does not pick up and people are missed, the region could lose some of its economic and political clout. Block parties and barbecues have been organized this weekend in Oakland, Richmond and other places where participation is lowest, and some groups are holding a symbolic march to the mailbox. “We’re having gospel music, praise dancing. It’s to get people out,” said Lisa Finnie, organizer of a census-themed carnival planned for Saturday at Antioch’s Grace Temple Church of God in Christ. “You have to use a carrot to get people out. People aren’t going to come out because, oh, it’s time for the census.” Sources: Worried that too few East Bay residents have mailed back their census questionnaires, local officials and church groups are warning residents that if participation does not pick up and people are missed, the region cou
