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The Global Erasure of Blackness: The Civil Rights Crisis of Census (Under) Counting
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A historical examination of the Black census undercount as a transnational civil rights issue
US census taking is more accurate today than when the practice was implemented over two centuries ago—yet, then and now, Black residents are undercounted. A true census count of a population by race provides concrete data about racial hierarchies and exclusion. Without it, systemic racism is rendered invisible. In this sharp analysis, renowned civil rights law expert Tanya Katerí Hernández argues t...
US census taking is more accurate today than when the practice was implemented over two centuries ago—yet, then and now, Black residents are undercounted. A true census count of a population by race provides concrete data about racial hierarchies and exclusion. Without it, systemic racism is rendered invisible. In this sharp analysis, renowned civil rights law expert Tanya Katerí Hernández argues t...