What is your race?

The Census Bureau defines race as a person's self-identification with one or more social groups. An individual can report as White, Black or African American, Asian, American
Asian, American
In 2018, Asian Americans were 5.4% of the U.S. population; including multiracial Asian Americans, that percentage increases to 6.5%. In 2020, the estimated number of Asian Americans was 24 million.
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Indian and Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, or some other race. Survey respondents may report multiple races.
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What is a person's race?

Race is defined as “a category of humankind that shares certain distinctive physical traits.” The term ethnicities is more broadly defined as “large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background.”
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What do I put for race and ethnicity?

Definitions for Racial and Ethnic Categories
  • American Indian or Alaska Native. ...
  • Asian. ...
  • Black or African American. ...
  • Hispanic or Latino. ...
  • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. ...
  • White.
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What are the 5 races?

OMB requires that race data be collectd for a minimum of five groups: White, Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.
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What is your race list?

For race, the OMB standards identify five minimum categories:
  • White.
  • Black or African American.
  • American Indian or Alaska Native.
  • Asian.
  • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.
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What are examples of race?

Race refers to physical differences that groups and cultures consider socially significant. For example, people might identify their race as Aboriginal, African American or Black, Asian, European American or White, Native American, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, Māori, or some other race.
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What is my race if I am Mexican?

Ethnicity Categories

Hispanic or Latino: A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.
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How is race determined?

2-1). To determine an individual's race, people may use one or more ancestry or biological bases, phenotypic or physical characteristics, and cultural bases, such as ideology and language.
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Is race and nationality the same thing?

In other words, it is meant to get an idea about your nationality, heritage, culture, ancestry, and upbringing. The concept of ethnicity contrasts with that of race in that it is concerned with group cultural identity or expression whereas race focuses on physical and biogenetic traits.
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What are the 3 races?

In general, the human population has been divided into three major races: Caucasoid, Negroid and Mongoloid.
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How many races are there?

The most recent United States Census officially recognized five racial categories (White, Black or African American, Asian American, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander) as well as people of two or more races.
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What is your nationality?

A person's nationality is where they are a legal citizen, usually in the country where they were born. People from Mexico have Mexican nationality, and people from Australia have Australian nationality.
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Is Caucasian A nationality?

In the United States, the root term Caucasian is still in use as a synonym for white or of European, Middle Eastern, or North African ancestry, a usage that has been criticized.
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Is American an ethnicity?

The United States is home to people of many racial and ethnic origins; consequently, American culture and law do not equate nationality with race or ethnicity, but with citizenship and an oath of permanent allegiance.
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Is Hispanic race or ethnicity?

Federal policy defines “Hispanic” not as a race, but as an ethnicity.
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What are all the races in the world?

The world population can be divided into 4 major races, namely white/Caucasian, Mongoloid/Asian, Negroid/Black, and Australoid.
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How do you answer a race question?

Restate the question - use the question stem to write your topic sentence. Answer the question - make sure to answer all parts of the question. If there are two questions, you should answer each question in its own paragraph. Cite evidence from the text.
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How do I answer my nationality?

Normally speaking, people use "American" as the answer to nationality. However, all US passports show "United States of America" under Nationality. After making a Google Search, I found that the passports of all other countries use "Nationality" in the natural way - for example, "Canadian" for Canadian Passports.
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What is my nationality if I was born in USA?

Generally, if you are born in the United States, or born to US citizens, you are considered to be a US citizen. Unless you are born to a foreign diplomat. You are also considered to be a US citizen at birth if you were born in Puerto Rico, Guam, or the US Virgin Islands.
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What do I write in nationality?

Nationalities
  1. Country: I live in Japan.
  2. Adjective: He likes Japanese food.
  3. Origins: She is a Japanese person. = She is from Japan. ...
  4. Language: She speaks Japanese.
  5. Describing a group: Spaniards often drink wine. = Spanish people often drink wine.
  6. Describing a group: The Chinese enjoy fireworks.
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What's the most popular race?

Prevalence Rankings and Diffusion Score
  • The most prevalent racial or ethnic group for the United States was the White alone non-Hispanic population at 57.8%. ...
  • The Hispanic or Latino population was the second-largest racial or ethnic group, comprising 18.7% of the total population.
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Are there only 3 races?

Today, scientists agree that there is only one human race. Modern genetic research has shown that the idea of three (or four, or five) races was wrong.
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Why do we have different races?

Human "racial" diversity is a result of people in a geographic area intermarrying, being exposed to a number of biological processes, and adapting slowly to local environments.
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What are the 6 ethnic groups?

While many nations in Africa, Asia, and South America can claim literally hundreds of distinct ethnic groups within its borders, the US Census only recognizes six ethnic categories: white, black, Asian, Amerindian/Alaska native, native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and mixed ethnicity. That's it.
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What is my Indian nationality?

A person born in India on or after 26th January 1950 but before 1st July, 1987 is citizen of India by birth irrespective of the nationality of his parents. considered citizen of India by birth if either of his parents is a citizen of India at the time of his birth.
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