1. Religion and Race in the United States

2. Race Race is a self-identification data item in which respondents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify. For Census 2000: In 1997, after a lengthy analysis and public comment period, the Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) revised the standards for how the Federal government would collect and present data on race and ethnicity. The new guidelines reflect "the increasing diversity of our Nation's population, stemming from growth in interracial marriages and immigration." These new guidelines revised some of the racial categories used in 1990 and preceding censuses and allowed respondents to report as many race categories as were necessary to identify themselves on the Census 2000 questionnaire.

3. Race Alone categories (6): White alone Black or African-American alone American Indian or Alaska Native alone Asian alone Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander alone Some other race alone

4. Chapter 1 Reading 3 “Race” and Science p. 13-16 Compare and contrast how race is defined and used by the Census Bureau with the way it is used in “Race” and Science.

5. Current Population for the United States

6. Population Statistics, 2006

7. What is Hispanic or Latino?

9. States with the highest Percentage of African-Americans

11. States with the highest percentage of Asians

13. Least Diverse States

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16. THE WORLD WE LIVE IN 16

17. “Religious liberty in a democracy is a right that may not be submitted to vote and depends on the outcome of no election. A society is only as just and free as it is respectful of this right, especially toward the beliefs of its smallest minorities and least popular communities.” Williamsburg Charter, 1988 17

18. The World’s Major Religions 18

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21. Baptist Roman Catholic Mormon Methodist Lutheran No Majority Jewish = J J J J J J J J J 21