The draft 2021 UK Census proposes to leave ethnic categories unchanged. Their consultation process concluded that:

"Research prior to the 2011 Census, investigating the acceptability to respondents of the use of colour terms in this question, concluded that there was no consensus. For example, while some respondents object to the term ‘Black’, others positively identified themselves as ‘Black British’. This research, when considered with the clear desire from users for consistency with previous censuses, and other sources of information on ethnic group, led to the continued use of these terms and the broad structure of the question was unchanged from
that used in 2001. ONS proposes no change to the question on ethnicity."

I would like the 2021 Census to remove racially loaded categories and for self-identification to determine ethnicity. Each Census would then generate authentic and dynamic ethnic categories instead of predetermined ones.

I identify as a British citizen, with pale olive skin who is half Irish and half Spanish. 

I invite you to join me in this petition to enable the UK 2021 Census to reflect a more accurate and personal picture of UK ethnicity.