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littleanan

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Discuss some of the major changes in racial/ethnic classifications used for the U.S. Census.
 
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Discuss why some minority groups might be distrustful of the government in regard to health care and treatment
 
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Reply #1 on: Aug 8, 2018
Answer to Question 1

increasing number of options; original census only distinguished between free whites, blacks, and other free people; greater recognition of ethnic diversity; now allows for a mixed race option to recognize diversity; categories were previously imposed by the state; now allows people to self-identify

Answer to Question 2

Tuskegee syphilis treatment denied black men treatment in order to examine the effects of the disease; Indian Health Service and the coerced sterilization of Indian women promoted sterilization as a means of birth control
and population control


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Reply 2 on: Aug 8, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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