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Next year, just in time for the election, the federal government 鈥� 鈥� will be rolling out a new list of possible ethnic and racial census classifications.

The idea is to provide the kind of nuance that can鈥檛 be captured in general categories such as 鈥淲hite,鈥� 鈥淏lack,鈥� 鈥淗ispanic,鈥� and 鈥淎sian.鈥�

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These new categories will be used for the census and, ultimately, any research about discrimination.

But get ready 鈥� because there are going to be a lot of racial and ethnic categories.

And as far as I can tell, this will all be self-reported 鈥� which means it would be wise to start finding out who you really are.

So here are the categories proposed so far, as issued by the Office of Management and Budget a few weeks ago:

鈥淲hite鈥� people could identify as German, Irish, English, Italian, Polish, or French. People from the Middle East or North Africa would no longer be considered 鈥淲hite鈥� as they are now鈥� they would choose between Lebanese, Iranian, Egyptian, Syrian, Moroccan, or Israeli.

The 鈥淗ispanic鈥� category would be divided into Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Salvadorian, Dominican, and Colombian.

鈥淏lack or African American鈥� would be divided into African American, Jamaican, Haitian, Nigerian, Ethiopian, and Somalian, and so on for the remaining categories of 鈥淎sian,鈥� 鈥淎merican Indian,鈥� 鈥淢iddle Eastern,鈥� and 鈥淧acific Islander.鈥�

In all, there are seven main categories, each with six subcategories, which means that depending on whether you check some or all of the boxes under your category, you can choose from 217 unique identities, not counting the write-in options!

And there may be more coming 鈥� including further dividing the Black category into Freedmen or Descendants of Slavery 鈥� which would be necessary in the event of a reparations program.

In my own case, I would check off Italian and German because both sets of grandparents were immigrants 鈥� although I don鈥檛 expect to see any benefits coming from that. Unless Congress passes a compensation program for descendants of the losers of World War II.

So, I have no idea how useful these categories will be, but I hope it helps.

If nothing else, maybe this will finally make the issue of identity confusing enough that we鈥檒l just have to throw in the towel and be nice to everyone.

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