What is your ethnicity options?

What is your ethnicity options?

White alone, non-Hispanic. Black or African American alone, non-Hispanic. American Indian and Alaska Native alone, non-Hispanic. Asian alone, non-Hispanic….Categorizing Race and Ethnicity

• White.
• Black or African American.
• American Indian or Alaska Native.
• Asian.
• Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.

What does ethnicity mean on an application?

The request for your ethnicity is to learn what group of people you identify with according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background. In other words, it is meant to get an idea about your nationality, heritage, culture, ancestry, and upbringing.

What do I put for ethnicity on an application?

OMB recommends that separate questions be used wherever feasible for collecting race and ethnicity data….Race (select all that apply):

1. American Indian or Alaska Native.
2. Asian.
3. Black or African American.
4. Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.
5. White.

What is an example of ethnicity?

For example, people might identify their race as Aboriginal, African American or Black, Asian, European American or White, Native American, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, Māori, or some other race. Ethnicity refers to shared cultural characteristics such as language, ancestry, practices, and beliefs.

What ethnicity are you in USA?

Racial categories

What is my ethnicity if I am Mexican?

OMB defines “Hispanic or Latino” as a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race.