Yep, Trump Screwed Up The 2020 Census On Purpose

[babylonsister]

11/03/21 2:41pm
Yep, Trump Screwed Up The 2020 Census On Purpose
'There was a definite undercount of immigrant cities': Advocates say Trump influenced 2020 census
By Aysha Qamar


Last year, minority advocates representing multiple backgrounds called for people to partake in the 2020 census. Many of them feared that if undercounted, minorities would lose or miss out on funding. Lack of representation and participation in the census leads to a lack of funding or programming available for communities for an entire decade. Census totals are used to determine funding amounts for both local and state governments; without accurate numbers, funding cannot be distributed adequately. While not as “dire as some had feared,” that concern is now a reality.

According to a research report by the Urban Institute, the 2020 census—which cost approximately $14.2 billion—likely undercounted people of color at higher rates than previous censuses. The report, released Tuesday, notes that while the Census Bureau may have continued to overcount people who identified as white and not Latino, it likely failed to count nearly 2.5 million people in other racial and ethnic groups.

“Overall, these data show that some communities and their residents will be shortchanged for the next decade due to an incomplete count,” the report’s chief author, Diana Elliott, told reporters Tuesday.

The Urban Institute estimates that nationwide, the net undercount rates by race or ethnicity were highest for Black people, followed by Latino people and Pacific Islanders. The report also found that the 2020 count could be the largest miscount of the true U.S. population in 30 years.

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[Mary in S. Carolina]

1. Remind POC everyday, over and over again

about how the Republican Party does not want them to exist and give them 5 quick examples. We need to win "all" the POC votes.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. Who is surprised by this?

TFG is a racist asshole

[2naSalit]

3. Yeah, that was obvious from the start of his admin.

As a previous decennial census worker, I was calling for a recount that could still happen and make corrections down the line. That should have been done over the summer this past year.