Hoyt read aloud the Census Bureau’s caveats, that “the racial categories included in the Census Questionnaire generally reflect a social definition of race recognized in this country, and not an attempt to define race biologically, anthropologically, or genetically.” He sighed. https://wapo.st/3ZVu8A4
Race isn’t real, science says. Advocates want the census to reflect that.

The Human Genome Project convinced the vast majority of scientists that race doesn’t exist. Now a cohort of professionals and academics wants to change society.

The Washington Post
@owasow @markigra I've been watching this from afar for many years, and while I approve such a move in principle, I've gone from being horrified by the official use of "race" (where European countries use "ethnicity") to a grudging acceptance of the importance for Americans of something stronger than ethnicity ("what kind of food your g-grandmother use to cook"), which is colloquially "race", IOW, "are you descended from slaves?". This matters for racists, obvs, but also for victims of racism.