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The Office of Affirmative Action administers the policies and procedures related to equal employment opportunity, affirmative action, and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

APPENDIX 2

Race/Ethnic Identification

 

An employee may be included in the group to which he or she appears to belong, identifies with, or is regarded in the community as belonging. However, no person should be counted in more than one race/ethnic category.

The six race/ethnic categories are defined as follows:

  1. White (not of Hispanic Origin)-- A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, North Africa, or the Middle East.

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  2. Black (not of Hispanic or Latino)-- A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.

    3.  

  3. Hispanic--A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture of origin, regardless of race. Only those persons from Central and South American countries who are of Spanish origin, descent, or culture should be included in this category. Persons from Brazil, Guyana, Surinam, or Trinidad, for example: would be classified according to their race and would not necessarily be included in the Hispanic category. In addition, the category does not include persons from Portugal, who should be classified according to race.

    4.  

  4. Asian --A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.

    5.  

  5. American Indian or Alaskan Native (not of Hispanic or Latino)--A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintains cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community attachment.

 

   6.  Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (not of Hispanic or Latino)-- A person having orgins in any of the peoles of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.

     

SOURCE: Higher Education Staff Information (EEO-6) Report requirements, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

 

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