Advocates call Taiwanese immigrants to write 'Taiwanese' on 2020 US census race question

Taiwan News
Date: 2019/07/19
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A Taiwanese-American organization has launched a campaign to encourage Taiwanese immigrants and those with Taiwanese roots to write in "Taiwanese" on the 2020 U.S. census form, instead of marking the box for "Chinese."

The nonprofit group Taiwanese American Citizens League (TACL) has launched a campaign titled the "Write In Taiwanese Census 2020 Campaign" designed to educate Taiwanese that they have the option to write in their identity on the U.S. Census form.

The campaign's director Christina Hu told Taiwan News that there's no check-off box on the form, so the group is informing Taiwanese that they need to check "Other Asian" and write in "Taiwanese" for it to be counted. The group suggests that people who came from Taiwan, have family there, or can trace some of their heritage to the country should write in "Taiwanese."

Hu said there are two important reasons why their census campaign is important.
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