QUESTION OF THE DAY: New Department of Education racial classifications - good or bad idea?

In 2010, the U.S. Department of Education will implement new racial classifications for public schools to incorporate in their enrollment forms and applications:

Multiracial pupils to be counted in a new way

by Michael Alison Chandler and Maria Glod, The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/22/AR2009032202211.html

Here's today's Beige World Question of the Day:

What do you think of the new racial classifications to be implemented by the U.S. Department of Education?  Are they a step forward?  Are they confusing?  Are they even necessary?

Post a comment, and share your thoughts.

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