# The Census, Hispanics and Race.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-census-hispanics-and-race/531614>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 7, 2010, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-census-hispanics-and-race/531614 "2010-03-07T12:09:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-census-hispanics-and-race/531614/81 "2010-03-11T04:05:44Z")

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I was thinking about this thread some more, and kinda laughing to myself. Because I think it’s pretty bogus that the government has to count people by race or ethnicity in the first place, so really, I think Sapo should put down whatever makes him comfortable. But I think if he’s looking for the highest degree of accuracy in terms of what the government wants to know about him, and in that case, I think it would be “American Indian and Alaska Native” and Hispanic.

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