What do these changing categories of racial possibilities

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Question: The U.S. Census: A History of Thinking About Race and Ethnicity in America Please look at the data with the following questions in mind. Refer to Kottak (408-441) for assistance. 1) What sort of changes do you see? Why have these modifications been made (Pay special attention to the ways the categories are ordered in each Census year)? More specifically, what are the various categories based on (race, religion, region, etc), and how do they change over time? 2) What do these changing categories of racial possibilities say about the idea of race as an objective biological trait? 3) Why do you think the census continues to tabulate "race"? 4) What groups are missing from the Census categories? Why?

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