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@Pioneer1 yes your point is clear now

richardmurray I gave that illustration not to suggest that we should ADAPT the racial classifications of U.S. law enforcement. I was simply using it as an example of how "on code" and unified the nation and most of it's institutions already are when it comes to racial identification and how suggesting...or perhaps insisting in some cases...that everyone adhere to the same standard for certain purposes (such as statistics and census) isn't such a far fetched idea. About 80% of Americans agree on most of the TERMS we use for race anyway, even if most don't agree on who QUALIFIES to fit into those terms. In other words.... Not that these terms are accurate...but if you talk to the average American, they'll use terms like Black, White, Asian, Latino, even "Mixed" to describe the race of somebody. Most people don't use terms like "African American" or "Caucasian" or "Mongoloid" in casual speech. The vast majority of people in our nation/society use the same racial terms. The only major variance is when it comes to describing people as Native American or Indian. It's pretty much even as to which term people prefer to use. Again, not that these terms are accurate....but it illustrates that most people are already onboard with clear and established racial categories. So the only question is WHO has the authority to decide who fits into which category? Trump and his fellow conservatives are already assuming authority over the sex/gender categories by declaring there are only 2 sexes/genders and forcing everyone to identify as one or the other. So in that regard.... Your fellow Americans who are in love with being able to pick and choose who and what they are and who they identify as are getting that privilege snatched away from them anyway.