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The Politics of Naming Race and Ethnicity: Language Planning and Policies Regulating the Selection of Racial Ethnonyms Used by the US Census 1990-2010
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Laversuch, I. M. – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2007
Since 1790, the US government has conducted a decennial census of the nation's population and its various ethno-racial subgroups. The official names for these subgroups have direct and significant consequences for the implementation and regulation of public policy at the national, state and local levels of governance. This paper first provides a…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Public Policy, Ethnic Groups, Census Figures