{"id":12430,"date":"2018-09-13T18:11:54","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T22:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/a-history-of-undercounting-people-of-color-why-the-2020-census-may-make-it-worse\/"},"modified":"2018-09-13T18:11:54","modified_gmt":"2018-09-13T22:11:54","slug":"a-history-of-undercounting-people-of-color-why-the-2020-census-may-make-it-worse","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/de\/articles\/a-history-of-undercounting-people-of-color-why-the-2020-census-may-make-it-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"Eine Geschichte der Untererfassung farbiger Menschen: Warum die Volksz\u00e4hlung 2020 die Lage noch verschlimmern k\u00f6nnte"},"template":"","class_list":["post-12430","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-blog-post"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"","featured_image":5076,"article_type":1103,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":12431}","{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":12432}"],"related_issues":[103,138,169,2066],"related_work":false,"location":null},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Voting is one way eligible Americans make sure their voice counts, but all people living in the US can also make their <\/span>voices<\/span> heard by being counted in the 2020 Census.<\/span> As mandated by the Constitution, the federal government completes a survey of the entire population every 10 years. Regardless of race, sexual orientation, gender, or citizenship the <\/span>Volksz\u00e4hlung in den Vereinigten Staaten<\/span><\/a> is supposed to<\/span> make sure our government accurately represents our communities. However, history tells us this process can be weaponized for <\/span>parteipolitischer Gewinn<\/span><\/a>. By undercounting people of color, particularly people of African descent, Latinos and Native Americans have their voices diminished. We will not have a complete picture of people living in our communities if everyone isn\u2019t counted accurately. The <\/span>Trump-Regierung<\/span><\/a> is continuing to pursue policies of undercounting communities and communities of color. <\/span>\r\n\r\nBeginnend mit dem <\/span>erste Volksz\u00e4hlung<\/span><\/a> in 1790, <\/span>political power was intertwined with the Census--and communities of color were deliberately under-counted. <\/span>\u00a0In 1790, in order to obtain more political power in the House of Representatives, rural southerners demanded enslaved Africans be counted in the survey, while urban northerners feared their political position would be significantly reduced and diluted. As a flawed compromise and in complete disregard of their humanity, <\/span>for more than 75 years, <\/span>enslaved Africans were counted as only <\/span>drei F\u00fcnftel eines Menschen<\/span><\/a> for the purposes of Congressional representation and taxation. \u00a0<\/span>And for nearly 80 years, Native Americans were completely excluded from the census. <\/span>\r\n\r\nEventually, the census grew to be more detailed and slightly more inclusive and it became the mission of the census (at least on paper) to<\/span> \u201ccount everyone once, only once and in the right place\u201d<\/span><\/a>. <\/span>By the 1920s<\/span><\/a>, America\u2019s population had exploded and the 88% of \u201cwhite\u201d Americans were from various backgrounds and ethnicities. However, despite their growing size, it became clear the census was undercounting non-white communities in urban centers. <\/span>The 1940 census<\/span><\/a> had missed 13% of black males, while the <\/span>1970<\/span><\/a> census missed 7.7% of all African Americans. <\/span>By 2010<\/span><\/a>, the Census Bureau had missed 1.5 million people of color, including 2.6% of African Americans, 1.5% of Hispanics, and 5% of Native Americans, while over-counting white Americans. Undercounting in major cities helped white, rural states hold onto their Congressional seats and state legislatures. <\/span>\r\n\r\nThe weaponization of the census is just another way that politicians manipulate our elections for partisan gain as undercounts translate into diluted votes, lack of representation in Congress, and billions of dollars in lost federal funding. Today, census data is responsible for more than <\/span>800 billion dollars<\/span><\/a> in state and local funding -- tax dollars <\/span>that determine the location of hospitals, firehouses, schools, highways, and the size of our children's classrooms.<\/span>\r\n\r\nThe systematic undercounting of communities of color continues into the modern era with the possible inclusion of a citizenship question on the 2020 census. According to the Census Bureau\u2019s own <\/span>Forschung<\/span><\/a>, the citizenship question is expected to decrease the participation of immigrant communities for both citizens and noncitizens alike. <\/span>\r\n\r\nWith the 2020 census fast approaching, it is imperative we act now to <\/span>#SavetheCensus<\/span><\/a> and assure that local governments do everything in their power to accurately count all people living in our <\/span>Gemeinschaften<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>"}}]},"yoast_head":"\nA History of Undercounting People of Color: Why the 2020 Census May Make it Worse - Common Cause<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/de\/artikel-2\/a-history-of-undercounting-people-of-color-why-the-2020-census-may-make-it-worse\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A History of Undercounting People of Color: Why the 2020 Census May Make it Worse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/de\/artikel-2\/a-history-of-undercounting-people-of-color-why-the-2020-census-may-make-it-worse\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CommonCause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CC-Share-Graphic-Main9.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CommonCause\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/a-history-of-undercounting-people-of-color-why-the-2020-census-may-make-it-worse\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/a-history-of-undercounting-people-of-color-why-the-2020-census-may-make-it-worse\/\",\"name\":\"A History of Undercounting People of Color: Why the 2020 Census May Make it Worse - 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