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To be fair, in the eyes of the US government, races are non-exclusive and you can be White, Black or African American, American Indian or Native Alaskan, and all the other racial categories simultaneously, as well as either having or not having Hispanic or Latino ethnicity.



The kicker is that if you select "American Indian or Native Alaskan" they start asking for tribal documentation. But you can check Black or White or Hispanic (Not White) or anything else all you want. Who will gainsay?


> The kicker is that if you select "American Indian or Native Alaskan" they start asking for tribal documentation.

No, for most purposes they never did (in fact, for many purposes where this is used, it is immediately separated from anything that would associate it with the submitter, so it would be hard for them to come back and ask you for anything), and the 2024 revisions to the definitions of the minimum categories removes the language about maintaining an ongoing affiliation ("who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment") from the definition of that category. [0]

[0] https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/29/2024-06...


The ACA definitely follows up, because tribal membership changes how the health benefits are billed to the government.




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