Erased by Algorithm: How 47 Million Americans Were Quietly Rebranded by the U.S. Census
? Overview: In March 2025, the U.S. Census Bureau quietly released ‘mark files’ — a retroactive data reclassification that reassigned millions of Americans’ racial identities, often without their knowledge or consent. Nearly 47 million people—many of them Latino, multiracial, or marked as “Some Other Race”—were affected. The U.S. has a long history of governmental attempts […]
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