What are the choices for race?

What are the choices for race?

Race classification has been a longstanding aspect of human identity and discrimination. Over the centuries, various racial categories have emerged, often based on cultural, social, or ethnic differences. In reality, race is a socio-economic construct with no objective definition. Here, we examine the different choices or definitions of race and break it down into categories that shed light on the historical developments and controversies surrounding the concept.

OMB Requirements

*According to the United States’ Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in June 1997, updated standards for collecting, aggregating, and using census data were released.[Bold] These require **five minimum categories:

&#x2022 White or Caucasian race
&#x2022 Black or African American
&#x2022 Asian
&#x2022 Native Hawaiian or Pacifc Islander *

Note: These standards further divide each category by one or more sub-components but maintain these five standard classes.**

Categories Developed by Experts

Expert Carl Linnaeus(1800s) | Scientist Franz Boas(Early 20< sup>th</ sup> century)| Anthropologists Eugen Fischer, Arnold Gleason, and Walter Pollitzer(Late20 < sup> thcentury)</ sup>] classified the world population with

• W^hate-Caucasians
• Mongoli^4:
• Negro/id
• Native/Ethiopian.
*These categories led people to consider race< AustralOID: The most ancient indigenous population</sup

Racial Classification | Populus (1960 & before)| *Mason(During World War))1: "A general sense of what we could label "the three, i.e., White American & Black;Asian, which are racial"
World Regional Categories
| Race Region
| — European/Mediterranean – –
– | Ind | African/Chinese/Latin | Asian/Latitude
• Black < sup>4Amer< /sup>Ferr> (Caf: | — **Afri</

| | A r
| American American Asian European European Afro < 5A/
} < sup>6: *H**|–

Race & Ethn |
Mongolian
Chinas Chinese M, C |
Chinese SMongolian Asia* African/Eth *White</ sup>
Native Amer (B/ African Amer.</ American Indian Amer (North South
• Chinese/S< /u Asian <,
Black/AF|*
White/C/Caf|< 11–14/16 –** Asian–Aft.</ | | – European

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The OMB five required categories

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