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Why Does the Government Care About Race? | Origins

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Published June 19, 2023 at 5:00 AM CDT

Why does the government care about race? If we're all more than our race, why is the federal government keeping track of it? Today we dive into the history of the US census - from its dark history of voter disenfrachisement to the present day where that same information is used to fight gerrymandering.
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