Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ420810
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0197-4327
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Race, Color, and Ethnicity: Diverse, Unequal, and Uneven Categories of the U.S. Census.
Lacey, Ella P.; Nandy, Bikash
Western Journal of Black Studies, v14 n1 p24-9 Spr 1990
Discusses the inconsistent and shifting ways in which the U.S. Census treats race, color, and ethnicity. Suggests that long-term conceptual frameworks be developed so that the next census will not produce uneven categories based on unequal assumptions. (EVL)
Descriptors: Census Figures, Classification, Demography, Ethnicity, Racial Identification, Statistical Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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