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So the Biden administration is expanding the racial categories for future census takings. Off first glance a couple things seem odd:
1. South East Asia, which represents almost 2 billion people (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh) gets the same box as Ireland (5 million total population).
2. Would someone with Spanish or Portuguese ancestry really consider themselves Hispanic/Latino as opposed to white? Maybe Luckbox can weigh in on this.
3. Are people of Arab Israeli/Palestinian descent supposed to click Israeli, or is that just for Jews?
4. Are White Americans, many of whom have ancestry coming from 4+ places (if they even know) supposed to name them all?
--Given how much America really is a melting pot (except for this weird thing where we use the 1 drop rule for anyone with black ancestry) all these racial sub classifications really seem unnecessary, regressive and counterproductive IMO.