Portuguese today, Hispanic tomorrow?
The United States Census Bureau is at it again. Now, they
are planning to add Portuguese to the Hispanic classification of ethnicity for
the 2020 National Census. This is an important issue to the Portuguese
community and to the multiracial community especially for those who have some
Portuguese heritage.
Project RACE is working with Portuguese community leaders
and The Portuguese-American Leadership Council of the United States (PALCUS) to
ensure that the community knows about the Census Bureau plans. It is important that
people get involved in this issue now. Planning
for the 2020 census has already begun.
PALCUS is conducting a national survey to answer this
question: Should Portuguese be considered Hispanic? Please take the time to
fill out the survey at the following link:
The survey thus far has approximately a 75% NO response
to the specific question: Do you agree that Portuguese should be added to the
Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish Origin category for the Census 2020?
Please take a few minutes to fill out the survey and let
family and friends of Portuguese heritage know about it. We will have much more
on this issue very soon.
