The U.S. government is updating race and ethnicity data standards for federal surveys and the 2030 Census to include a new category for Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) individuals. This change follows advocacy efforts by various groups, including NIAC, to ensure accurate representation for communities like Iranian Americans. The new standards also introduce options for individuals to identify as Israeli and eliminate Hispanic as an ethnicity category. The move is seen as a significant step towards recognizing and counting diverse communities, with potential implications for the racial classification of groups like Middle Easterners.
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Representation matters. This is an essential step to make communities of color better seen, heard, and represented. We applaud this long-fought for and historic announcement. https://t.co/J2hcNhjSnC
Introducing a MENA category would enable 7 million to 8 million people to avoid classifying themselves as "white" or "other" on the census https://t.co/j84JQ3fEIA
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The new category could lead to a decrease in the number of people who identify as white for the national headcount https://t.co/F3NSPpRBvx
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Federal agencies will now be required to give Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders several options under their race category, an updated White House directive says https://t.co/WZeBC6d2G4
The new OMB race and ethnicity standards effectively make Hispanic/Latino into a race. It combines the ethnicity and race questions into a single question, and doesn't prompt Hispanics to also choose a race category. You can see they also removed "regardless of race." https://t.co/uzHSXF9gV6
The government is expanding its racial categories for the U.S. Census and federal forms. @melissajourno https://t.co/klvEKMLmMx
It is a new moment in U.S. history when *fewer* people want to be categorized as white and even worked to get the government to establish that. https://t.co/7ZaiXBiduA
When Census 2030 comes out a whole bunch of nazis are going to flip their lid about a mass decline in white people when in reality Middle Easterners were just removed from the white classification. https://t.co/MQ7dCuxtWD
People are talking about the Mid East/North Africa category. Also interesting is the elimination of Hispanic as an "ethnicity." It was originally made that way to maximize the minority population. Looks like leftists forgot the original justification! https://t.co/A8dCLvv6Zt https://t.co/BZvUtCyOad
Representation matters — everywhere and at all times — and this victory brings us one step closer to ensuring all voices are heard. Honored to be a member of @CAPAC and grateful for the work being done to better serve our communities. https://t.co/r1bdeEK9Ud
The Flight From White accelerates. The Biden Administration announces that the Census Bureau will no longer count Iranians, Egyptians, Lebanese, Tunisians, and Israelis as white, but instead as a new Middle Eastern & North African race. Armenians? Jews? Nobody seem too sure... https://t.co/GlsmF1LbDX
"The government also will add 'Middle Eastern or North African' (MENA) as a new category for the combined question, which will include seven total choices." via @PatrickSvitek: https://t.co/LAGZVr72OY
CHC Chair @RepBarragan Response on Update to OMB Federal Race & Ethnicity Standards ⬇️ https://t.co/SGZOzn0M5U
It's happening! The 2030 Census will bring you Middle Easterners and North Africans. You also get to check Israeli. American government to count Jews for the first time in our history, moving beyond the system of the Founders and catching up with Czarist Russia. https://t.co/hyExOkYLSx
HELL YES! Finally I won’t be lumped into the “White” bucket alongside everyone else of Persian, Turkish, Arab and other MENA (Middle East North African) heritage groups for the 2030 census!!! A GLORIOUS DAY INDEED FOR PROPER COUNTING OF AMERICA’S DIVERSE COMMUNITIES! https://t.co/EHZmi9nlCv
🎉It's official! Iranian Americans will finally be counted in the U.S. Census🎉 After decades of research, education and advocacy by NIAC and many others, the next Census in 2030 will officially include Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) as a category option, with “Iranian”…
This was a long time coming & a way to ensure though often targeted, our community is not rendered invisible. The #2030Census and federal surveys are getting new checkboxes for “Middle Eastern or North African”. https://t.co/MRRF2j0ZRs…
Today, I join @CAPAC and my colleagues to celebrate this hard-fought victory for updated race and ethnicity data standards for all federal agencies. Accurate data collection is essential for federal programs to better serve the needs of AANHPI communities across the U.S. https://t.co/JP8yLN0Hey