Then they were asked to choose one or more of 15 options that make up five race categories — white, black, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, or Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander.A separate question about Hispanic origin has been asked of all households since 1980, and the census form specifically instructs respondents that Hispanic origins are not races.The Census Bureau has embarked on a years-long research project intended to improve the accuracy and reliability of its race and ethnicity data.A problem is that a growing percentage of Americans don’t select a race category provided on the form: As many as 6.2% of census respondents selected only “some other race” in the 2010 census, the vast majority of whom were Hispanic.The struggle for black equality was the event that turned the United States of America upside down.For over two centuries, Negroes have struggled to work their way up the ladder to ultimate parity.... Hughes writes in response reminding the people that African-Americans are just as much apart of this American dream culture that Whitman describes.

Some two-to-three hundred ethnic groups with their own languages and dialects range in population from the Javanese (about 70 million) and Sundanese (about 30 million) on Java, to peoples numbering in the thousands on remote islands.

Large cities may consist of many ethnic groups; some cities have a dominant majority.

Regions, such as West Sumatra or South Sulawesi, have developed over centuries through the interaction of geography (such as rivers, ports, plains, and mountains), historical interaction of peoples, and political-administrative policies.

Racism is so insidious here that many times white people don’t even know they are being racist (and more importantly what informs that behavior historically); they are truly confused.

Other times it so blatant that you have to accept the racist behavior for what it is.