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Name | RaceCode |
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Type | oa: CodeType |
Documentation | A code classifying a person on the basis of their race. Race classifications may be relevant under, and set by, government labor or fair employment practice regulations. Race also may be relevant to identification of a person. There is no precise or recognized set of race classifications with an anthropological basis. OED race n: "A group of persons...connected by common descent or origin;" "One of the great divisions of mankind, having certain physical peculiarities in common." |