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A sort of collective amnesia sets in as organizations begin to refer to the new category’s long history and develop narratives about the rich cultural basis of the classification. By then, the category is completely institutionalized, and the new classification is, like other classifications, assumed to have existed. Cristina Mora, Making Hispanics: How Activists, Bureaucrats, and Media Constructed a New American
Conservatives haven’t been as interested as progressives are in capturing the federal bureaucracy, or at least have been much less successful. That goes double for the Census Bureau, whose committee on race has long been the play-thing of sociology professors and affinity groups. For this reason, rank-and-file conservatives may not grasp the importance of the racial changes the Census Bureau is currently proposing. That would be a mistake. The Left really cares about the Census, which means conservatives should pay attention.