New Census Data: The Ongoing Conundrum of the “Other”
Summary
However, the Census Bureau does not have the luxury of going back to people for clarification and, unlike employers, has no obligation to shove respondents into one of the official categories. How “Others” Were Handled Before For the EEO Tabulation 2006-2010 (5-year ACS data) files that federal contractors have been using to prepare their AAPs for the last decade (roughly), the Census Bureau created a “Two or More” race category that included anyone who indicated more than one (non-Hispanic) race category. So, for instance, if I wrote in “Purple” for race on my Census form, I would be included in the “balance.” The trouble is, these effective “unknowns” are now being mixed in with a growing population of people who are known to be “multiracial” and therefore known to be non-White. For instance, there are unlikely to be many outreach and recruiting organizations that specifically target “multiracial” workers like there are for women, Hispanics, etc. The OFCCP’s regulations certainly allow for contractors to set placement goals for any of the race/ethnicity categories, including “Two or More,” if they so choose.
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