Advocates say ‘data disaggregation’ is key to dismantling harmful stereotypes about Asian Americans
April 18, 2024 at 7:59 a.m. EDT
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When the Office of Management and Budget recently announced it was adding new racial and ethnic categories to the Census for the first time in 27 years, large Asian American advocacy groups rejoiced.
Asian Americans who traditionally only had one option when identifying their race — Asian — would soon have more options to identify themselves. The next Census will also allow them to identify their country of origin: Chinese, Asian Indian, Filipino, Vietnamese, Korean, or Japanese.