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Hello @FBI @FBIDirectorKash @FBI_Response

Just got off the phone with LEO in my state who explained that Obama changed the UCR/NIBRS system you use to incorporate Hispanics under white category to try and make black numbers look lower.

Why have we not undone this? Add…

— 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐧 ~🎙️🇺🇸 (@RogueLou18) July 17, 2026

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Under an Obama-era directive from the Office of Management and Budget, the FBI expanded race categories in the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) and National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) and designated Hispanic as an ethnicity rather than a race. [1, 2]

These changes, which began rolling out in UCR data collection, established the following standards:

• Race Categories: Expanded from four to five distinct options by separating "Asian or Pacific Islander" into two distinct categories: "Asian" and "Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander". [1, 2]

• Ethnicity Categories: Changed to clearly separate "Hispanic or Latino" from "Not Hispanic or Latino," and "Hispanic" was eliminated as a racial category. For example, a Hispanic individual would be recorded under a specific race (like White) alongside the Hispanic ethnicity code. [1, 2]