Census Figures Challenge Views of Race and Ethnicity

The pattern of race reporting on the Census is different for people born here and those not born here. People view race differently, depending on how long they have been in this country. - - Donna Poisl

By SAM ROBERTS

New census figures that provide a snapshot of America’s foreign-born population are challenging conventional views of immigration, race and ethnicity.

What it means to be African-American, for example, may be redefined by the record number of blacks — now nearly 1 in 10 — born abroad, according to the report from American Community Survey data, which was released Wednesday. It found that Africa now accounts for one in three foreign-born blacks in this country, another modern record.

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