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...Preliminary numbers. Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census...
Harvard's lack of recognition of multiracial and biracial identities is reflected in American society. For instance, recall the recent uproar over allowing individuals to check more than one box for race on the census. Government bureaucrats protested against this proposal for years, arguing that it would skew figures needed to determine if minorities were receiving equal access to government programs...
Even racial advocacy groups such as the National Council of La Raza and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People testified before Congress that a new multiracial category on the census would be detrimental to government programs that target minorities...
...Census Bureau decided to allow individuals to check as many categories for race as they identify with on the 2000 Census. Hopefully, Harvard and many other societal entities chained to tradition will come to understand that due to the growing rate of interracial marriages, a substantial number of people can no longer only classify themselves as a member of a single ethnic group. This key demographic change must be recognized and the proper measures taken to incorporate the swelling ranks of multiracial individuals...
Among other campaign planks, Driskell and Burton say they will put response cards in the dining halls for students to submit comments and complaints to the council. Driskell has also vigorously endorsed the Harvard Census 2000 project, a campus-wide survey which she says will reveal what students would like to change about their undergraduate experiences...