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If the White House approves a proposal to change how the government collects race and ethnicity data, white people in the U.S. may be asked to check off boxes about their ethnic background. But on this 2010 Census form, answering "white" was enough to res

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2020 Census May Ask White People To Get Specific About Their Ethnicity

6:55pm November 30, 2017

by Hansi Lo Wang

White people in the U.S. may be asked to check off boxes about their ethnic background if the White House approves a proposal to change how the government collects race and ethnicity data.

Whiteness Project participants were filmed talking about race. The project doesn't use their names, to encourage frankness.

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The Whiteness Project: Facing Race In A Changing America

2:48pm May 01, 2015

by Karen Grigsby Bates

A filmmaker invited white residents of Buffalo, N.Y., to speak candidly about race. NPR's Karen Grigsby Bates finds that the results are thought-provoking, often surprising and sometimes disturbing.

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