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A looming Census change could complicate efforts to address the erasure of Hispanic drivers from traffic stop data used to probe bias.

Americans have long had an intense conversation about what race and ethnicity says about who they are. Now the U.S. government is contemplating changes to how it sorts people into

But people judge you. they put you in a category. so if you look black, theyre going to think youre black. >> thats not -- thats not -- heres the thing. when people say "identify," meaning, does she or one who is running a person of color, do they identify with -- as being african-american. being african-american is different than being black. you can be black and cuban. you can be black and caribbean. you can be black and dominican -- you can be black and south africa or east africa. >> but the...

You know, the way you want to identify, thats up to you. its obviously your choice. but people judge you. they put you in a category. so if you look black, theyre going to think youre black. >> thats not -- thats not -- heres the thing. when people say "identify," meaning, does she or one who is running a person of color, do they identify with -- as being african-american. being african-american is different than being black. you can be black and cuban. you can be black and caribbean. you can be...