Elite Private School Labeled Students By Ethnicity, Restricted Groups Based On Race
A New York City school’s students were pictured wearing tags identifying them by their ethnicity while the school encouraged students to join ethnicity-based “affinity groups,” The New York Times reported Wednesday. Students at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, a private pre-K to 12th grade school, were pictured wearing name tags denoting their ethnic identity, such […]
US is changing federal race and ethnicity categories for first time in 27 years | US news
For the first time in 27 years, the U.S. government is changing how people are categorized by race and ethnicity, an effort that federal officials say will allow them to more accurately count residents who identify as Hispanic and of Middle Eastern and North African descent. thinking. Revised minimum racial and ethnic categories announced Thursday […]
Biden administration changes race, ethnicity options on census and other federal surveys
The White House Office of Management and Budget, now under the Biden administration, announced significant changes to questions related to race and ethnicity in most standard federal surveys and questionnaires, including the U.S. Census. This is the first such change in nearly 30 years. The first major change is that race and ethnicity, which were […]