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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has just released proposed changes that would make Hispanic ethnicity and race analytically equivalent.
They will have only one question: What is your race or ethnicity? How will we know if we have eliminated discrimination based on race/street race if we combine Hispanic ethnicity and race into one question? This proposed change will lead to reductions in the AfroLatin@ count and distribution of resources to our communities. We must act now!
Why this matters?
For decades OMB standards stipulate that federal agencies collect data in two SEPARATE questions, one on Hispanic ethnicity, and one on race. If we do not organize, mobilize and make our voices heard before the April 27, 2023, deadline for comments, the proposed standards will dramatically change how federal, state, and local agencies ask about race and ethnicity.
What do you think will happen to data used to protect civil rights and measure racial discrimination in voting rights, fair housing, equal employment, health care access?
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