Removal of Hispanic and Latino as a racial category. Expand definition of American Indian.

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The Issue

First order of business remove the racial category of Hispanic and Latino out of the census. Reason being those labels are not a racial category. Hispanic means a person with a shared language in this case it’s Spanish. Latino means a person from a Latin American country. Both are Eurocentric identifiers and neither are racial categories for people whith indigenous roots. Second order of business expand the definition of American Indian to include mestizos and other mixed race ethnic groups like for example the Mexicans , Chicanos and other people that have indigenous ancestry of the Americas.  By removing those two “racial categories” , it will help incentivize people to self identify with their indigenous heritage as American Indians of the Americas regardless of region. This will include North , central and South Americans with indigenous roots. 

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Omar DiazPetition Starter

The Decision Makers

Donald Trump
President of the United States
George M cook
George M cook
Census Bureau Director

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