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UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: Sorry. That s always really a hard question for me (laughter). What are you defining race as? Do we have to have a conversation about what race is?
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: Yes, I m Latinx. That s easy because I know my parents are both from Costa Rica. But for race, I don t know.
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #3: I self-identify as a Latino and of the Black race.
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #4: Looking at me, I can t put white. I can t put Black. I put other sometimes.
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #5: I like to fill out other, and I like to just write in Latino.