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Iowa grew just 3.3% in the 1990s, compared with 9.6% for the nation as a whole. Part of the state's growth was fueled by the migration of 21,000 immigrants, many of them Hispanic. The 2000 Census figures released last week show that Hispanics, now poised to replace African Americans as the nation's largest minority group, saw their numbers explode in Midwestern states like Wisconsin in the 1990s, while Iowa enjoyed an increase of less than 1% over that time. Vilsack wants to change that by accelerating the arrival of Hispanics and other immigrants...
...limited the conversation about diversity within the American population to a defined group of topics; they're only interested in certain categories, and those are the categories via which we are all counted. For example, you can't be African and not black, according to the Census Bureau construct. And that doesn't make sense...
...other" with regard to the race question are Hispanic, while the rest of the population chose one of the traditional categories. A lot of Hispanics, in other words, are trying to find their racial space in America. And that leads to another question raised but not answered in the census: Why do these racial categories have so much significance in America? If a full 43 percent of Hispanics don't see themselves fitting into any category, what does that mean...
...Commerce Secretary Don Evans' decision to use the "unadjusted" census numbers met with protest from civil rights groups and minority leaders, who contend the adjustment is necessary to make up for uncounted thousands in urban areas. Republicans defend Evans' conclusion, arguing that any adjustment would only open the numbers to error. Has there been much activism surrounding the census, either demanding a restructuring of the questionnaire or an adjustment to current numbers...
...There is a lack of sophistication in pockets of America, an assumption that these numbers are produced by objective scientists. This is intimidating. For some reason, Americans assume census data is not political - but it is. Every census is mandated by Congress, and is taken for political purposes like redistricting and assigning representation. But African Americans and Native Americans should be up in arms over this year's numbers, and they should demand an adjustment because it's clear an adjustment would be in their political interest...