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In The Thick

No Census Is Perfect

In The Thick

Futuro Media

News Commentary, Politics, Culture, Society, News, Society & Culture

4.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Julio is joined by Rogelio Sáenz, demographer and professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio and Hansi Lo Wang, NPR national correspondent reporting on the people, power and money behind the U.S. census, to geek out over the 2020 census results. They dive into the latest race and ethnicity data and discuss how the data will impact policy, funding, and redistricting. ITT Staff Picks: - Adam Serwer, writes about the 2020 census findings and the history of how the United States has counted people who identify as white, for The Atlantic. - For NPR, Hansi Lo Wang reports on how the white population is changing based on the recent census results: “it's largely the result of a major shift in how the U.S. census asks about people's racial identities.” - The U.S. population is becoming more diverse, due to growth in Latino, Asian and multiracial populations, writes Rogelio Sáenz about the 2020 Census for Latino Rebels. Photo credit: AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File  


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0:00.0

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0:03.5

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a few minutes and answer it.

0:09.8

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0:15.6

To take our survey today, that's survey.prx.org slash futuro.

0:22.8

Thank you very much.

0:31.4

This data is trying to put into boxes something that is very messy, very complicated.

0:40.0

People's identities.

0:43.7

Welcome to The Thick, a podcast about politics, race and culture from a POC perspective.

0:48.7

I'm Julio Ricardo Varela, solo hosting while Maria is on the road in Arizona reporting.

0:55.8

And today I'm joined by two amazing guests.

0:59.8

And this is a debut.

1:01.7

One of my contributors for Latino Rebels who's been fabulous for the last several years.

1:07.4

From San Antonio Tejas is a professor, a grand professor, Rogelio Science, demographer

1:14.1

and professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

1:18.5

Rogelio, professor, welcome to the show.

1:20.7

And Julio, thank you very much.

1:23.7

And joining us from New York City is the fabulous Hansi LaWong MPR National Correspondent

1:30.8

reporting on the people, power and money behind the U.S. Census.

1:34.8

I like that beat, Hansi.

1:36.4

I like it too.

1:37.1

Welcome back.

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