A multiracial category would give more credence to other categories, when in fact we all know that there's no such thing as race.

I think they see a multiracial category as a way to elevate their children, to say, 'You're not black.

Some parents say they have complex motives for supporting a multiracial category.

The only group whose numbers declined when the multiracial category was available were Native Americans.

She said she went "back and forth" over whether a multiracial category would make for sound policy.

There had been debate about creating a new and separate "multiracial" category, but that would not have provided sufficiently specific information.

"A multiracial category would simply say there is some combination that people believe they are but wouldn't tell you much more than that."

How to count those who opt for the multiracial categories is not the only confusing issue flowing out of the census.

The demonstration is intended, in part, to pressure the Government to add a multiracial category to the census.

The most controversial proposal would add the multiracial category.