The growing number of people with Latino or Hispanic origins marking “some other race” shows the limits of the census to accurately reflect people’s racial experiences, said Edward Telles, a sociology [Distinguished] professor at UC Irvine. “Why should there be a ‘some other race’ category?” Telles asked. “Why isn't there a Latino category? … “The traditional way was that race was how people differ by physical features, and ethnicity was people with cultural differences,” Telles said. “Well, we know that there's really a lot of overlap between those.”
 
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