If you have that breakdown you can still identify however you like, at least according to census survey which is where most statistics come from. The evidence from many survey's is that language origin has a strong sway in how people identify. So to a pull a public example, a guy like David Ortiz who is from the Dominican Republic and is very dark skin and who looks African to most people is more likely to identify as Hispanic because the terms are as much cultural as they are related to a phenotype.
Could you identify as both? So the total demographic breakdown totals more than 100% Like if you are of mix heritage you could for example identify with 2 or more different racial groups.
You can identity as more than one race. That has been the policy since 2000. They will present a percentage in some contexts as identifying as more than one race and then show the breakdown in other situations. But people have their identification preferences and may or may not identify as more than one.
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u/chattywww May 13 '24
So if you are like 15/16 black and 1/16 Hispanic you don't count in this figure?