The census pushed people into strict racial categories for 200 years. A new approach reveals Wisconsin’s racial complexity and diversity.


The census pushed people into strict racial categories for 200 years. A new approach reveals Wisconsin’s racial complexity and diversity.


When she attended East High School in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Carina Abrego-Koch’s 10th grade social studies class was asked to stick a thumbtack into their family’s country of origin. Holding the single thumbtack in hand, Abrego-Koch looked from Mexico to Japan, conflicted.

Mexico was already studded with tacks. Japan stood in a world of blue without a single pin. After she placed her tack on the other side of the world, her peers had several questions, and her response was part of a repertoire she had perfected over the years...


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