Hansi Lo Wang (he/him): BREAKING: The #2030Census and federal surveys are getting new checkboxes for “Middle Eastern or North African” and “Hispanic or Latino” after the White House’s OMB approved the first changes to U.S. government standards on racial and ethnic data since 1997 www.npr.org/2024/03/09/1...

BREAKING: The #2030Census and federal surveys are getting new checkboxes for “Middle Eastern or North African” and “Hispanic or Latino” after the White House’s OMB approved the first changes to U.S. government standards on racial and ethnic data since 1997 www.npr.org/2024/03/09/1...

2. Here's what you need to know about the new MENA and "Hispanic or Latino" checkboxes, plus the other first changes to the federal government's statistical standards on race and ethnicity in more than a quarter-century:

Next U.S. census will have new boxes for 'Middle Eastern or North African,' 'Latino'www.npr.org Biden officials approved proposals for the U.S. census and federal surveys to change how Latinos are asked about their race and ethnicity and to add a checkbox for

It looks they slightly modified the Hispanic or Latino definition from "A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race. The term, "Spanish origin," can be used in addition to "Hispanic or Latino." to +

"Includes individuals of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Salvadoran, Cuban, Dominican, Guatemalan, and other Central or South American or Spanish culture or origin." I wonder if there was any discussion on whether this means that now Brazilians are considered Latino under OMB's definition.

And Guyanese!

Since 1997 you say that like 1997 was a quarter century ago or something omg it was

More than a quarter-century ago now, in fact!😳

Hey stop poking the open wound

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