UNASKED

A proposed rule would bar questions on race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation from the short-form census questionnaire or any questionnaire used to count the population. This file reads its reasons in its own words, beside the record of asking since 1790 and the Bureau's preliminary analysis of what the race counts are used for.

A proposed census rule, the reasons it gives, and the record it cites

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