UF Center for Latin American Studies
October 9, 2018
Dr. Nicholas Vargas, Center and Department of Sociology faculty, was interviewed by NBC News regarding the 2020 Census. In the interview, Dr. Vargas discussed Latinx Classification, racial boundaries, and challenges of measurement.
But Vargas explains that if experts want to figure out whether racial dynamics are changing in the U.S., or whether the boundaries of whiteness are expanding to include other minorities, it is not only important to figure out how people self-identify but how they are seen by others.
