"The category 'Black or African American' includes all individuals ... Although organizations might want to collect statistics on race and ethnicity, people don't always fit into simple categories.

“For the first time, Arab Americans will be made visible — not just on the decennial census, but in all federal data that collects race and ethnicity, and that is historic,” said Maya ...

In 1997, the American Association of Anthropologists ... ethnicity categories into one question for the 2000 Census, and eliminate 'race' as a category by the time planning begins for the 2010 ...