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The U.S. Census and Our Sense of Us

The U.S. Census and Our Sense of Us

FromCode Switch


The U.S. Census and Our Sense of Us

FromCode Switch

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Length:
26 minutes
Released:
Aug 2, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The Census is so much more than cold, hard data. It's about what we call ourselves, the ways we see ourselves and how we're represented. On this episode we ask the former head of the Census bureau why he quit. We talk about how the Census helped create 'Hispanic' identity. And we talk through some of the proposed race and ethnicity categories that may show up on the 2020 questionnaire.
Released:
Aug 2, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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