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Armenians, Hmong and other groups feel US race and ethnicity
categories don’t represent them
By TERRY TANG and
MIKE SCHNEIDER
Associated Press
The federal government recently re-
classified race and ethnicity groups in
an effort to better capture the diversity
of the United States, but some groups
feel the changes miss the mark.
Hmong, Armenian, Black Arab and Bra-
zilian communities in the U.S. say they
are not represented accurately in the
official numbers. While the revisions
were widely applauded, these commu-
nities say the changes have created a
tension between how the federal gov-
ernment classifies them versus how they
identify themselves.
The groups say money, political power
and even health could be at stake.
Being lumped into the wrong column
can mean a gain or loss of government
funds that are distributed based on
data. For some, it’s about their identity
and feeling seen by their own country.
The Office of Management and Budget
said the working group that oversaw
the revisions held 94 “listening sessions”
with many advocacy groups, academ-
ics and the general public, and it will
continue to reach out to communities.
Sophia Armen, chair of the Census Committee of the Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region poses
Continued on Page 2 for a photo in Glendale, Calif. on Friday, May 17, 2024. Associated Press
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