What are you?

I hope the brief history of the census has given you an insight on why I am so passionate about my voice being heard and why I am so eager to hear your voices! I want to know everything, nothing is too mundane to me. Well, maybe an over explanation of logarithms but even that … Continue reading What are you? →

Let’s Talk About Statistics

Let's start about being clear about what the 5 categories of race are on the census: American Indian or Alaska Native, Black or African American, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and White. There are two categories for ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino or Non-Hispanic or Latino. Hispanic is not considered to be a race … Continue reading Let’s Talk About Statistics →

Let’s Talk about the History of Multiracial People and the U.S. Census

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The US census was started in 1790 and every census has included a question about racial identity. The first census had only 3 racial categories, free whites, all other free persons and slaves. From 1790 to 1950 it was the responsibility of the census takers to determine the race of the Americans they counted, sometimes … Continue reading Let’s Talk about the History of Multiracial People and the U.S. Census →