The Center for American Progress submitted comments to the U.S. Census Bureau regarding the proposed changes to the race/ethnicity code list for the American Community Survey and the 2030 census.

That even though all of us can be exposed to ethnic discrimination ... a total of 45 million Latinos checked the “some other race” box, or wrote an answer that the Census Bureau classified ...

These terms mean different things to different people (see box for selected ... in the world.” Census 2000, in which US residents will be asked to state their race and ethnicity, provides ...

If you've ever filled out a demographic form (like the US Census), you've probably been asked about your race and ethnicity. You might even wonder exactly what those terms mean and how they differ.