U.S. Census Race/Ethnicity Overtime (Essay Sample)

U.S. Census Race/Ethnicity Overtime
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U.S. Census Race/Ethnicity Overtime
The different ways the American government has counted the US citizens give a glimpse into the nation’s past, since the slavery days to the immigrations. This is because the racial steps applied in each census are made to conform to the current scientific and political changes.
During the 60s, citizens were allowed to select their races. Before that, every person’s race was determined by enumerators. Furthermore, it was not until 2000 that Americans were given the chance to select more than one race to define themselves (Marks and Jones 2020). This makes it easy to estimate the country’s multiracial population. For instance, in 2020, the census forms had a provision asking respondents who selected black or white races to give more details regarding their origin (Marks and Jones 2020). This would be defined by explanations for being German, African American, Somali or