What accounts for the changing definition of racial categories every 10 years with the U.S. Census?
The U.S. Census is required by the Constitution to change the definitions every decade.
Race is a social construct that is evolving in American society.
The United States is fast becoming a minority-majority nation, thus the need to change the definitions.
Each state within the United States uses different definitions, thus the need to have standardization.
The U.S. Census is forbidden to ask whether a respondent is a U.S. citizen, so the definitions of racial categories change individuals.
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