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by shakow 332 days ago
> it's illegal for the government to keep track of people's race

We don't even have the concept of “race”.

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Afaik, you can't even track marriages! Like, I get the historical reasons but I think a national statistical agency should be able to release aggregates.
USA does force you to name your race whenever you apply for a job, and that is then sent to the government.
Our government does, unfortunately