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Asians could opt out of naming a country of origin on the 2020 census, a policymaker's nightmare

  • Written by Jennifer Lee, Professor of Sociology, Columbia University

A proposal to change the race question for the 2020 census would give Asians the option to mark their race as “Asian,” and also check off or write in their national origin as Chinese, Filipino, Asian Indian, Vietnamese and so on.

For the first time in the history of the census, which began in 1790, “Asian” would be a...

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